Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Low-income countries

Male life expectancy in low-income countries in 2024 — 62.79 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 58.6%.

2024 62.79 years +0.3% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 62.79 years2024
Period minimum 39.59 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Low-income countries, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39.59 years1962: 40.3 years1964: 40.94 years1966: 41.3 years1968: 42.38 years1970: 43.07 years1972: 43.12 years1974: 43.9 years1976: 44.82 years1978: 45.24 years1980: 45.92 years1982: 45.95 years1984: 44.86 years1986: 46.26 years1988: 47.94 years1990: 48.48 years1992: 48.9 years1994: 49.72 years1996: 49.99 years1998: 50.21 years2000: 52.18 years2002: 53.15 years2004: 54.54 years2006: 55.87 years2008: 57.05 years2010: 57.85 years2012: 58.65 years2014: 59.09 years2016: 59.63 years2018: 60.43 years2020: 60.83 years2022: 61.68 years2024: 62.79 years
Change over the period: +23.21 (+58.62%) Average annual rate: 0.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Low-income countries 62.79 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 62.79 +0.19 +0.3%
2023 62.6 +0.92 +1.5%
2022 61.68 +1.26 +2.09%
2021 60.41 −0.41 −0.68%
2020 60.83 −0.07 −0.12%
2019 60.9 +0.48 +0.79%
2018 60.43 +0.64 +1.07%
2017 59.79 +0.15 +0.26%
2016 59.63 +0.4 +0.67%
2015 59.23 +0.14 +0.24%
2014 59.09 +0.04 +0.07%
2013 59.05 +0.4 +0.68%
2012 58.65 +0.47 +0.81%
2011 58.18 +0.34 +0.58%
2010 57.85 +0.49 +0.86%
2009 57.35 +0.3 +0.53%
2008 57.05 +0.55 +0.97%
2007 56.5 +0.62 +1.12%
2006 55.87 +0.79 +1.43%
2005 55.08 +0.55 +1.01%
2004 54.54 +0.42 +0.78%
2003 54.12 +0.97 +1.82%
2002 53.15 +0.44 +0.84%
2001 52.71 +0.52 +1%
2000 52.18 +1.25 +2.45%
1999 50.93 +0.73 +1.45%
1998 50.21 −0.24 −0.48%
1997 50.45 +0.46 +0.92%
1996 49.99 +0.11 +0.23%
1995 49.87 +0.15 +0.3%
1994 49.72 +0.03 +0.06%
1993 49.69 +0.8 +1.63%
1992 48.9 +0.27 +0.55%
1991 48.63 +0.15 +0.31%
1990 48.48 −0 −0.01%
1989 48.48 +0.55 +1.14%
1988 47.94 +0.28 +0.58%
1987 47.66 +1.4 +3.04%
1986 46.26 +0.88 +1.93%
1985 45.38 +0.52 +1.16%
1984 44.86 −0.23 −0.52%
1983 45.09 −0.85 −1.86%
1982 45.95 −0.1 −0.21%
1981 46.04 +0.12 +0.26%
1980 45.92 +0.3 +0.66%
1979 45.62 +0.38 +0.83%
1978 45.24 +0.07 +0.15%
1977 45.18 +0.36 +0.8%
1976 44.82 +0.6 +1.35%
1975 44.22 +0.32 +0.72%
1974 43.9 +0.22 +0.49%
1973 43.69 +0.56 +1.3%
1972 43.12 −0.18 −0.42%
1971 43.31 +0.24 +0.56%
1970 43.07 +0.35 +0.82%
1969 42.72 +0.34 +0.8%
1968 42.38 +0.39 +0.93%
1967 41.99 +0.69 +1.67%
1966 41.3 +0.12 +0.3%
1965 41.17 +0.23 +0.57%
1964 40.94 +0.47 +1.17%
1963 40.47 +0.17 +0.42%
1962 40.3 +0.37 +0.93%
1961 39.93 +0.34 +0.87%
1960 39.59

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.