Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Greenland

Male life expectancy in Greenland in 2024 — 68.41 years. Ranked 144 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 22.2%.

2024 68.41 years −0.96% vs 2023
World rank 144of 217
Period maximum 69.44 years2022
Period minimum 55.98 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Greenland, 1960–20245560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.98 years1962: 56.27 years1964: 56.6 years1966: 58.22 years1968: 59.99 years1970: 60.88 years1972: 61.07 years1974: 60.47 years1976: 59.6 years1978: 60 years1980: 59.84 years1982: 60.1 years1984: 60.53 years1986: 61 years1988: 60.68 years1990: 61.4 years1992: 62.04 years1994: 63.34 years1996: 63.26 years1998: 63.44 years2000: 62.34 years2002: 62.8 years2004: 64.13 years2006: 65.14 years2008: 66.01 years2010: 67.14 years2012: 67.74 years2014: 68.24 years2016: 68.76 years2018: 69 years2020: 68.92 years2022: 69.44 years2024: 68.41 years
Change over the period: +12.43 (+22.2%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Greenland 68.41 years
World 71.12 years
Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
Northern Europe computed 79.76 years
High-income countries computed 77.79 years
Male life expectancy — Greenland, by year Greenland All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 68.41 −0.66 −0.96%
2023 69.07 −0.37 −0.53%
2022 69.44 +0.12 +0.17%
2021 69.32 +0.4 +0.58%
2020 68.92 −0.06 −0.09%
2019 68.98 −0.02 −0.03%
2018 69 +0.29 +0.42%
2017 68.71 −0.05 −0.07%
2016 68.76 +0.06 +0.09%
2015 68.7 +0.46 +0.67%
2014 68.24 +0.28 +0.41%
2013 67.96 +0.22 +0.32%
2012 67.74 +0.34 +0.5%
2011 67.4 +0.26 +0.39%
2010 67.14 +0.42 +0.63%
2009 66.72 +0.71 +1.08%
2008 66.01 +0.38 +0.58%
2007 65.63 +0.49 +0.75%
2006 65.14 +0.63 +0.98%
2005 64.51 +0.38 +0.59%
2004 64.13 +0.69 +1.09%
2003 63.44 +0.64 +1.02%
2002 62.8 +0.36 +0.58%
2001 62.44 +0.1 +0.16%
2000 62.34 −0.84 −1.33%
1999 63.18 −0.26 −0.41%
1998 63.44 +0.32 +0.51%
1997 63.12 −0.14 −0.22%
1996 63.26 −0.15 −0.24%
1995 63.41 +0.07 +0.11%
1994 63.34 +0.54 +0.86%
1993 62.8 +0.76 +1.23%
1992 62.04 +0.34 +0.55%
1991 61.7 +0.3 +0.49%
1990 61.4 +0.63 +1.04%
1989 60.77 +0.09 +0.15%
1988 60.68 −0.34 −0.56%
1987 61.02 +0.02 +0.03%
1986 61 +0.42 +0.69%
1985 60.58 +0.05 +0.08%
1984 60.53 +0.03 +0.05%
1983 60.5 +0.4 +0.67%
1982 60.1 +0.63 +1.06%
1981 59.47 −0.37 −0.62%
1980 59.84 −0.51 −0.85%
1979 60.35 +0.35 +0.58%
1978 60 +0.78 +1.33%
1977 59.22 −0.38 −0.64%
1976 59.6 −0.45 −0.76%
1975 60.05 −0.41 −0.68%
1974 60.47 −0.46 −0.76%
1973 60.93 −0.15 −0.24%
1972 61.07 +0.02 +0.03%
1971 61.05 +0.17 +0.28%
1970 60.88 +0.24 +0.39%
1969 60.65 +0.66 +1.1%
1968 59.99 +0.71 +1.21%
1967 59.27 +1.06 +1.81%
1966 58.22 +0.86 +1.5%
1965 57.36 +0.75 +1.33%
1964 56.6 +0.29 +0.51%
1963 56.32 +0.04 +0.07%
1962 56.27 −0.04 −0.07%
1961 56.31 +0.33 +0.59%
1960 55.98

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.