List of Brazilian states by life expectancy
There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. This and the below figures are based on 2014 estimate data.
State | Overall | Rank | Equivalent Country | Men | Rank | Women | Rank |
Santa Catarina | 78.7 | 1 | | 75.4 | 1 | 82.1 | 1 |
Espírito Santo | 77.9 | 2 | | 74 | 6 | 81.9 | 2 |
Distrito Federal | 77.8 | 3 | | 74.1 | 3 | 81.3 | 3 |
São Paulo | 77.8 | 4 | | 74.6 | 2 | 80.9 | 4 |
Rio Grande do Sul | 77.5 | 5 | | 74 | 5 | 80.9 | 5 |
Minas Gerais | 77 | 6 | | 74.1 | 4 | 79.9 | 7 |
Paraná | 76.8 | 7 | | 73.4 | 7 | 80.2 | 6 |
Rio de Janeiro | 75.9 | 8 | | 72.3 | 8 | 79.3 | 9 |
Rio Grande do Norte | 75.5 | 9 | | 71.5 | 10 | 79.5 | 8 |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 75.3 | 10 | | 71.9 | 9 | 79 | 10 |
Goiás | 74 | 11 | | 70.9 | 12 | 77.3 | 15 |
Mato Grosso | 74 | 12 | | 70.9 | 13 | 77.6 | 13 |
Amapá | 73.7 | 13 | | 71 | 11 | 76.5 | 19 |
Ceará | 73.6 | 14 | | 69.7 | 16 | 77.6 | 12 |
Acre | 73.6 | 15 | | 70.4 | 14 | 77.2 | 16 |
Pernambuco | 73.5 | 16 | | 69.5 | 17 | 77.4 | 14 |
Bahia | 73.2 | 17 | | 68.8 | 19 | 77.9 | 11 |
Tocantins | 73.1 | 18 | | 70.2 | 15 | 76.4 | 20 |
Paraíba | 72.9 | 19 | | 69 | 18 | 76.8 | 17 |
Sergipe | 72.4 | 20 | | 68.2 | 23 | 76.7 | 18 |
Pará | 71.9 | 21 | | 68.2 | 22 | 76 | 22 |
Amazonas | 71.7 | 22 | | 68.4 | 21 | 75.2 | 23 |
Alagoas | 71.2 | 23 | | 66.5 | 27 | 76.1 | 21 |
Roraima | 71.2 | 24 | | 68.8 | 20 | 74 | 27 |
Rondônia | 71.1 | 25 | | 68.1 | 24 | 74.8 | 25 |
Piauí | 70.9 | 26 | | 66.8 | 25 | 75.1 | 24 |
Maranhão | 70.3 | 27 | | 66.6 | 26 | 74.2 | 26 |