# Male life expectancy: highest and lowest councils in Wales (2022 to 2024)

Monmouthshire, Powys and Vale of Glamorgan had the joint highest male life expectancy of Wales’s 22 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 80.3 years.

Merthyr Tydfil had the lowest, at 75.0 years. The middle council, Cardiff, had 78.5 years.

| Rank | Area | Male life expectancy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| =1 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 80.3 years |
| =1 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 80.3 years |
| =1 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 80.3 years |
| 4 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 79.7 years |
| 5 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 78.9 years |
| =6 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 78.8 years |
| =6 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 78.8 years |
| =6 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 78.8 years |
| =9 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 78.7 years |
| =9 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 78.7 years |
| 11 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 78.5 years |
| 12 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 78.1 years |
| 13 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 77.9 years |
| 14 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 77.7 years |
| 15 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 77.6 years |
| =16 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 77.5 years |
| =16 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 77.5 years |
| =16 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 77.5 years |
| 19 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 77.2 years |
| 20 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 77.0 years |
| 21 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 75.8 years |
| 22 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 75.0 years |

Source: Life expectancy for local areas of the UK, ONS life expectancy. Period: 2022 to 2024. Period: 2022 to 2024.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/scotland)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male)

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