# List of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy

This is a list of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy.

## Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (2015)

Prefectures by life expectancy at birth according to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. The total life expectancy is calculated out of the averages for men and women.
| Rank | Prefecture | Life expectancy, total | Life expectancy, men | Life expectancy, women |
| 1 | Nagano | 84.72 | 81.75 | 87.68 |
| 2 | Shiga | 84.68 | 81.78 | 87.57 |
| 3 | Fukui | 84.41 | 81.27 | 87.54 |
| 4 | Kyoto | 84.38 | 81.40 | 87.35 |
| 5 | Kumamoto | 84.36 | 81.22 | 87.49 |
| 6 | Okayama | 84.35 | 81.03 | 87.67 |
| 7 | Nara | 84.31 | 81.36 | 87.25 |
| 8 | Kanagawa | 84.28 | 81.32 | 87.24 |
| 9 | Shimane | 84.22 | 80.79 | 87.64 |
| 10 | Hiroshima | 84.21 | 81.08 | 87.33 |
| 11 | Ōita | 84.20 | 81.08 | 87.31 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 84.17 | 81.07 | 87.26 |
| 13 | Ishikawa | 84.16 | 81.04 | 87.28 |
| 14 | Miyagi | 84.08 | 80.99 | 87.16 |
| 15 | Yamanashi | 84.04 | 80.85 | 87.22 |
| 16 | Shizuoka | 84.03 | 80.95 | 87.10 |
| 16 | Kagawa | 84.03 | 80.85 | 87.21 |
| 18 | Toyama | 84.02 | 80.61 | 87.42 |
| 19 | Niigata | 84.01 | 80.69 | 87.32 |
| 20 | Hyōgo | 84.00 | 80.92 | 87.07 |
| 21 | Aichi | 83.98 | 81.10 | 86.86 |
| 22 | Chiba | 83.94 | 80.96 | 86.91 |
| 23 | Mie | 83.93 | 80.86 | 86.99 |
| 24 | Gifu | 83.91 | 81.00 | 86.82 |
| 25 | Fukuoka | 83.90 | 80.66 | 87.14 |
| 26 | Saga | 83.89 | 80.65 | 87.12 |
| 27 | Okinawa | 83.86 | 80.27 | 87.44 |
| 28 | Saitama | 83.74 | 80.82 | 86.66 |
| 29 | Yamagata | 83.74 | 80.52 | 86.96 |
| 30 | Gunma | 83.73 | 80.61 | 86.84 |
| 31 | Miyazaki | 83.73 | 80.34 | 87.12 |
| 32 | Tottori | 83.72 | 80.17 | 87.27 |
| 33 | Yamaguchi | 83.70 | 80.51 | 86.88 |
| 34 | Nagasaki | 83.68 | 80.38 | 86.97 |
| 35 | Kochi | 83.64 | 80.26 | 87.01 |
| 36 | Hokkaido | 83.53 | 80.28 | 86.77 |
| 37 | Tokushima | 83.49 | 80.32 | 86.66 |
| 38 | Ehime | 83.49 | 80.16 | 86.82 |
| 39 | Osaka | 83.48 | 80.23 | 86.73 |
| 40 | Kagoshima | 83.40 | 80.02 | 86.78 |
| 41 | Ibaraki | 83.31 | 80.28 | 86.33 |
| 42 | Fukushima | 83.26 | 80.12 | 86.40 |
| 43 | Wakayama | 83.21 | 79.94 | 86.47 |
| 44 | Tochigi | 83.17 | 80.10 | 86.24 |
| 45 | Iwate | 83.15 | 79.86 | 86.44 |
| 46 | Akita | 82.95 | 79.51 | 86.38 |
| 47 | Aomori | 82.30 | 78.67 | 85.93 |
| | Japan | 83.89 | 80.77 | 87.01 |

## Global Data Lab (2021)

| region | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2020 | 2020 | 2020 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 →2021 |
| region | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2020 | overall | 2020 →2021 | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2021 |
| Japan on average | 84.43 | 81.38 | 87.43 | 6.05 | 0.26 | 84.69 | 0.09 | 84.78 | 81.80 | 87.73 | 5.93 | 0.35 |
| Hokuriku region (Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui) | 84.83 | 81.63 | 87.98 | 6.35 | 0.27 | 85.10 | 0.09 | 85.19 | 82.06 | 88.29 | 6.23 | 0.36 |
| Chūgoku region (Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi) | 84.73 | 81.23 | 87.75 | 6.52 | 0.26 | 84.99 | 0.10 | 85.09 | 81.65 | 88.06 | 6.41 | 0.36 |
| Southern-Kantō (Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano) | 84.63 | 81.79 | 87.62 | 5.83 | 0.26 | 84.89 | 0.10 | 84.99 | 82.22 | 87.92 | 5.70 | 0.36 |
| Tōkai region (Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie) | 84.53 | 81.61 | 87.36 | 5.75 | 0.26 | 84.79 | 0.10 | 84.89 | 82.03 | 87.67 | 5.64 | 0.36 |
| Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa) | 84.53 | 81.30 | 87.78 | 6.48 | 0.26 | 84.79 | 0.10 | 84.89 | 81.73 | 88.08 | 6.35 | 0.36 |
| Shikoku (Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi) | 84.43 | 81.08 | 87.52 | 6.44 | 0.26 | 84.69 | 0.09 | 84.78 | 81.51 | 87.82 | 6.31 | 0.35 |
| Northern-Kantō, Koshin (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma) | 84.43 | 80.96 | 86.92 | 5.96 | 0.26 | 84.69 | 0.09 | 84.78 | 81.38 | 87.22 | 5.84 | 0.35 |
| Kansai region (Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama) | 84.32 | 81.55 | 87.41 | 5.86 | 0.27 | 84.59 | 0.09 | 84.68 | 81.98 | 87.71 | 5.73 | 0.36 |
| Hokkaido | 84.22 | 80.95 | 87.43 | 6.48 | 0.26 | 84.48 | 0.10 | 84.58 | 81.37 | 87.73 | 6.36 | 0.36 |
| Tōhoku region (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima) | 83.92 | 80.52 | 87.10 | 6.58 | 0.26 | 84.18 | 0.09 | 84.27 | 80.94 | 87.40 | 6.46 | 0.35 |
Data source: Global Data Lab