Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — G7

Male life expectancy in the G7 in 2024 — 78.6 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18%.

2024 78.6 years +0.48% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 78.6 years2024
Period minimum 66.59 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — G7, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 66.59 years1962: 66.95 years1964: 67.43 years1966: 67.6 years1968: 67.49 years1970: 68.05 years1972: 68.53 years1974: 69.16 years1976: 69.82 years1978: 70.38 years1980: 70.8 years1982: 71.54 years1984: 71.98 years1986: 72.32 years1988: 72.67 years1990: 73.06 years1992: 73.52 years1994: 73.84 years1996: 74.39 years1998: 74.94 years2000: 75.41 years2002: 75.82 years2004: 76.39 years2006: 76.76 years2008: 77.17 years2010: 77.68 years2012: 78.03 years2014: 78.4 years2016: 78.31 years2018: 78.42 years2020: 77.34 years2022: 77.58 years2024: 78.6 years
Change over the period: +12.02 (+18.05%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 78.6 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78.6 +0.38 +0.48%
2023 78.23 +0.65 +0.84%
2022 77.58 +0.52 +0.68%
2021 77.05 −0.29 −0.38%
2020 77.34 −1.23 −1.57%
2019 78.58 +0.16 +0.21%
2018 78.42 +0.09 +0.12%
2017 78.32 +0.01 +0.02%
2016 78.31 +0.08 +0.1%
2015 78.23 −0.17 −0.22%
2014 78.4 +0.25 +0.32%
2013 78.15 +0.12 +0.16%
2012 78.03 +0.17 +0.22%
2011 77.86 +0.17 +0.22%
2010 77.68 +0.19 +0.25%
2009 77.49 +0.32 +0.42%
2008 77.17 +0.14 +0.18%
2007 77.03 +0.27 +0.35%
2006 76.76 +0.31 +0.4%
2005 76.45 +0.06 +0.08%
2004 76.39 +0.47 +0.62%
2003 75.92 +0.1 +0.13%
2002 75.82 +0.13 +0.17%
2001 75.69 +0.28 +0.37%
2000 75.41 +0.33 +0.44%
1999 75.08 +0.14 +0.18%
1998 74.94 +0.2 +0.26%
1997 74.75 +0.36 +0.48%
1996 74.39 +0.49 +0.66%
1995 73.9 +0.06 +0.08%
1994 73.84 +0.28 +0.38%
1993 73.56 +0.05 +0.06%
1992 73.52 +0.27 +0.37%
1991 73.25 +0.18 +0.25%
1990 73.06 +0.09 +0.13%
1989 72.97 +0.3 +0.41%
1988 72.67 +0.06 +0.09%
1987 72.61 +0.29 +0.4%
1986 72.32 +0.24 +0.33%
1985 72.08 +0.09 +0.13%
1984 71.98 +0.29 +0.41%
1983 71.69 +0.15 +0.21%
1982 71.54 +0.36 +0.51%
1981 71.18 +0.38 +0.54%
1980 70.8 +0.06 +0.09%
1979 70.74 +0.36 +0.51%
1978 70.38 +0.15 +0.21%
1977 70.23 +0.41 +0.59%
1976 69.82 +0.32 +0.46%
1975 69.49 +0.33 +0.48%
1974 69.16 +0.45 +0.66%
1973 68.71 +0.18 +0.26%
1972 68.53 +0.11 +0.16%
1971 68.43 +0.37 +0.55%
1970 68.05 +0.29 +0.43%
1969 67.76 +0.27 +0.41%
1968 67.49 −0.43 −0.63%
1967 67.92 +0.32 +0.47%
1966 67.6 +0.15 +0.23%
1965 67.45 +0.01 +0.02%
1964 67.43 +0.4 +0.59%
1963 67.04 +0.09 +0.14%
1962 66.95 −0.07 −0.1%
1961 67.02 +0.43 +0.65%
1960 66.59

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.