Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — High-income countries

Male life expectancy in high-income countries in 2024 — 77.79 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.8%.

2024 77.79 years +0.42% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 77.79 years2024
Period minimum 65.49 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — High-income countries, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.49 years1962: 65.74 years1964: 66.33 years1966: 66.49 years1968: 66.5 years1970: 66.84 years1972: 67.3 years1974: 67.77 years1976: 68.12 years1978: 68.49 years1980: 68.78 years1982: 69.51 years1984: 69.78 years1986: 70.49 years1988: 70.82 years1990: 70.99 years1992: 71.17 years1994: 70.99 years1996: 71.74 years1998: 72.48 years2000: 72.77 years2002: 73.23 years2004: 73.83 years2006: 74.46 years2008: 75.07 years2010: 75.69 years2012: 76.25 years2014: 76.8 years2016: 77.02 years2018: 77.3 years2020: 76.39 years2022: 76.72 years2024: 77.79 years
Change over the period: +12.3 (+18.79%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 77.79 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 77.79 +0.32 +0.42%
2023 77.47 +0.75 +0.97%
2022 76.72 +0.69 +0.91%
2021 76.03 −0.36 −0.48%
2020 76.39 −1.14 −1.48%
2019 77.54 +0.23 +0.3%
2018 77.3 +0.11 +0.14%
2017 77.2 +0.18 +0.23%
2016 77.02 +0.21 +0.28%
2015 76.81 +0.01 +0.01%
2014 76.8 +0.28 +0.36%
2013 76.52 +0.27 +0.35%
2012 76.25 +0.21 +0.28%
2011 76.04 +0.35 +0.46%
2010 75.69 +0.23 +0.3%
2009 75.46 +0.39 +0.53%
2008 75.07 +0.24 +0.32%
2007 74.82 +0.36 +0.49%
2006 74.46 +0.48 +0.65%
2005 73.98 +0.15 +0.2%
2004 73.83 +0.46 +0.63%
2003 73.37 +0.14 +0.19%
2002 73.23 +0.16 +0.21%
2001 73.08 +0.31 +0.42%
2000 72.77 +0.25 +0.34%
1999 72.52 +0.04 +0.06%
1998 72.48 +0.26 +0.36%
1997 72.22 +0.48 +0.67%
1996 71.74 +0.58 +0.82%
1995 71.16 +0.16 +0.23%
1994 70.99 +0.08 +0.11%
1993 70.92 −0.26 −0.36%
1992 71.17 +0.06 +0.09%
1991 71.11 +0.12 +0.17%
1990 70.99 +0.02 +0.03%
1989 70.96 +0.15 +0.2%
1988 70.82 +0.09 +0.12%
1987 70.73 +0.24 +0.34%
1986 70.49 +0.49 +0.7%
1985 70 +0.22 +0.32%
1984 69.78 +0.18 +0.25%
1983 69.6 +0.09 +0.13%
1982 69.51 +0.37 +0.54%
1981 69.14 +0.36 +0.52%
1980 68.78 +0.05 +0.07%
1979 68.73 +0.24 +0.35%
1978 68.49 +0.11 +0.15%
1977 68.39 +0.26 +0.39%
1976 68.12 +0.21 +0.31%
1975 67.92 +0.15 +0.22%
1974 67.77 +0.32 +0.47%
1973 67.45 +0.15 +0.22%
1972 67.3 +0.21 +0.31%
1971 67.1 +0.26 +0.39%
1970 66.84 +0.3 +0.45%
1969 66.54 +0.04 +0.06%
1968 66.5 −0.27 −0.41%
1967 66.77 +0.28 +0.42%
1966 66.49 +0.15 +0.23%
1965 66.34 +0.01 +0.01%
1964 66.33 +0.39 +0.59%
1963 65.94 +0.21 +0.31%
1962 65.74 −0.1 −0.15%
1961 65.83 +0.35 +0.53%
1960 65.49

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.