List of Chinese administrative divisions by life expectancy

2021

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their life expectancy in 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Life Expectancy by Chinese Administrative Division in 2019.

  85.0 and Over

  82.0-84.99

  79.0-81.99

  76.0-78.99

  73.0-75.99

  70.0-72.99

  69.99 and Below

Rank	Name	Life expectancy
1	Hong Kong	85.49
2	Macau	85.40
3	Shanghai	83.43
4	Beijing	83.34
5	Tianjin	82.00
6	Zhejiang	80.80
7	Jiangsu	79.65
8	Guangdong	79.51
9	Shandong	79.48
10	Liaoning	79.39
11	Hainan	79.31
12	Jilin	79.19
13	Heilongjiang	78.98
14	Fujian	78.75
15	Chongqing	78.69
16	Guangxi	78.07
17	Anhui	78.04
18	Hebei	77.93
19	Shanxi	77.88
20	Hubei	77.82
21	Sichuan	77.70
22	Hunan	77.65
23	Shaanxi	77.63
24	Henan	77.51
25	Inner Mongolia	77.38
26	Jiangxi	77.26
27	Ningxia	76.28
28	Xinjiang	75.21
29	Gansu	75.08
30	Guizhou	73.91
31	Qinghai	72.72
32	Yunnan	71.28
33	Tibet	70.86

2019

Life expectancy in Chinese regions in 2019 according to an article in the journal CCDC Weekly published by CCDC: ^[3]

Life expectancy in Chinese regions in 2019

region	overall	male	female	sex gap
China	77.6	74.7	80.7	6.0
Shanghai	82.7	80.3	85.0	4.7
Beijing	82.7	79.6	85.9	6.3
Zhejiang	81.5	78.8	84.5	5.7
Guangdong	81.1	77.8	84.7	6.9
Jiangsu	80.8	77.9	83.8	5.9
Fujian	79.7	76.6	83.1	6.5
Tianjin	79.5	76.8	82.7	5.9
Shandong	78.7	75.7	81.9	6.2
Anhui	78.0	75.3	81.1	5.8
Jiangxi	77.6	74.8	80.6	5.8
Hubei	77.5	75.0	80.3	5.3
Henan	77.5	74.4	80.7	6.3
Liaoning	77.2	73.8	81.0	7.2
Jilin	77.1	75.8	78.4	2.6
Hainan	77.0	74.6	79.7	5.1
Shaanxi	76.7	74.4	79.4	5.0
Hunan	76.6	73.6	80.1	6.5
Chongqing	76.5	73.8	79.5	5.7
Shanxi	76.4	73.9	79.3	5.4
Inner Mongolia	76.3	73.5	79.7	6.2
Gansu	76.1	73.6	78.9	5.3
Guangxi	76.1	72.6	80.2	7.6
Ningxia	75.9	73.4	78.6	5.2
Hebei	75.7	72.6	79.1	6.5
Heilongjiang	75.5	72.5	79.0	6.5
Sichuan	75.5	72.5	79.0	6.5
Guizhou	74.8	72.1	77.8	5.7
Yunnan	74.2	71.1	77.9	6.8
Qinghai	72.1	70.1	74.4	4.3
Xinjiang	71.9	70.0	74.2	4.2
Tibet	70.1	67.6	72.9	5.3

Life expectancy in the special administrative regions of China according to the World Bank Group: ^[4]

Countries & territories	2021				Historical data									COVID-19 impact
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2000	2000 →2014	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2019 →2021	2014 →2021
Hong Kong SAR, China	85.49	83.20	87.90	4.70	80.88	3.10	83.98	1.20	85.18	0.32	85.50	−0.00	85.49	0.31	1.51
Macao SAR, China	85.40	82.82	87.95	5.12	80.96	2.92	83.88	1.09	84.98	0.21	85.18	0.22	85.40	0.42	1.52
China on average	78.21	75.46	81.16	5.69	71.88	4.84	76.72	1.25	77.97	0.11	78.08	0.13	78.21	0.24	1.49

Charts

• 
  Development of life expectancy in China according to estimation of the World Bank Group ^[4]
• 
  Life expectancy with calculated sex gap ^[4]
• 
  Life expectancy in comparison to president of PRC ^[4]
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  Life expectancy in China according to estimation of Our World in Data ^[5]
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  Comparison of life expectancy development in China, USA, Russia ^[4]
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  Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to some big countries of the world ^[4]
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  Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to other big countries of Asia ^[4]
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  Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania ^[4]

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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in China on the background of other countries of the world in 2019 ^[6]
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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately ^[6]

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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in China on the background of countries of Asia and Oceania in 2019 ^[6]
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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately ^[6]

See also

• List of Chinese cities by life expectancy
• List of Asian countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by life expectancy
• Administrative divisions of China
• Demographics of China

References

1. "Life expectancy - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
2. "Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - Hong Kong SAR, China, Macao SAR, China | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
3. Jing Yang, Ruhai Bai, Lijun Wang, Xiaoqi Feng, Yunning Liu, Maigeng Zhou (13 January 2023). "Healthy China: A Projection of Life Expectancy Based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 — China, 1990–2030". China CDC Weekly . Retrieved 12 April 2024. — table 1, page 42
4. "Life expectancy at birth, total - China". World Bank Group.
5. "Life expectancy at birth: China". Our World in Data.
6. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

• National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
• The World FactBook
• List of Chinese cities by life expectancy