Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Bulgaria

Male life expectancy in Bulgaria in 2024 — 72.2 years. Ranked 105 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.9%.

2024 72.2 years +0.28% vs 2023
World rank 105of 217
Period maximum 72.2 years2024
Period minimum 67 years1997

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Bulgaria, 1960–2024666870727419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.55 years1962: 67.77 years1964: 69.37 years1966: 69.36 years1968: 69.23 years1970: 69.11 years1972: 68.68 years1974: 68.93 years1976: 68.99 years1978: 68.77 years1980: 68.46 years1982: 68.43 years1984: 68.49 years1986: 68.56 years1988: 68.38 years1990: 68.3 years1992: 68.07 years1994: 67.36 years1996: 67.39 years1998: 67.5 years2000: 68.2 years2002: 68.5 years2004: 69.1 years2006: 69.1 years2008: 69.5 years2010: 70 years2012: 70.9 years2014: 71.1 years2016: 71.3 years2018: 71.5 years2020: 69.6 years2022: 70.6 years2024: 72.2 years
Change over the period: +4.65 (+6.88%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 72.2 years
World 71.12 years
Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
Eastern Europe computed 70.47 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 73.58 years
Male life expectancy — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 72.2 +0.2 +0.28%
2023 72 +1.4 +1.98%
2022 70.6 +2.9 +4.28%
2021 67.7 −1.9 −2.73%
2020 69.6 −2 −2.79%
2019 71.6 +0.1 +0.14%
2018 71.5 +0.1 +0.14%
2017 71.4 +0.1 +0.14%
2016 71.3 +0.1 +0.14%
2015 71.2 +0.1 +0.14%
2014 71.1 −0.2 −0.28%
2013 71.3 +0.4 +0.56%
2012 70.9 +0.2 +0.28%
2011 70.7 +0.7 +1%
2010 70 +0.1 +0.14%
2009 69.9 +0.4 +0.58%
2008 69.5 +0.3 +0.43%
2007 69.2 +0.1 +0.14%
2006 69.1 +0.1 +0.14%
2005 69 −0.1 −0.14%
2004 69.1 +0.4 +0.58%
2003 68.7 +0.2 +0.29%
2002 68.5 +0 +0%
2001 68.5 +0.3 +0.44%
2000 68.2 +0.3 +0.44%
1999 67.9 +0.4 +0.59%
1998 67.5 +0.5 +0.75%
1997 67 −0.39 −0.58%
1996 67.39 +0 +0%
1995 67.39 +0.03 +0.04%
1994 67.36 −0.26 −0.38%
1993 67.62 −0.45 −0.66%
1992 68.07 −0.33 −0.48%
1991 68.4 +0.1 +0.15%
1990 68.3 −0.12 −0.18%
1989 68.42 +0.04 +0.06%
1988 68.38 −0.02 −0.03%
1987 68.4 −0.16 −0.23%
1986 68.56 +0.41 +0.6%
1985 68.15 −0.34 −0.5%
1984 68.49 +0.05 +0.07%
1983 68.44 +0.01 +0.01%
1982 68.43 −0.42 −0.61%
1981 68.85 +0.39 +0.57%
1980 68.46 −0.18 −0.26%
1979 68.64 −0.13 −0.19%
1978 68.77 +0.51 +0.75%
1977 68.26 −0.73 −1.06%
1976 68.99 +0.35 +0.51%
1975 68.64 −0.29 −0.42%
1974 68.93 −0.1 −0.14%
1973 69.03 +0.35 +0.51%
1972 68.68 +0.06 +0.09%
1971 68.62 −0.49 −0.71%
1970 69.11 +0.88 +1.29%
1969 68.23 −1 −1.44%
1968 69.23 +0.86 +1.26%
1967 68.37 −0.99 −1.43%
1966 69.36 −0.09 −0.13%
1965 69.45 +0.08 +0.12%
1964 69.37 +0.69 +1%
1963 68.68 +0.91 +1.34%
1962 67.77 −0.65 −0.95%
1961 68.42 +0.87 +1.29%
1960 67.55

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.