Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Lower-middle-income countries

Male life expectancy in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 68.21 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 46.6%.

2024 68.21 years +0.3% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 68.21 years2024
Period minimum 46.52 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.52 years1962: 47.31 years1964: 47.98 years1966: 47.87 years1968: 49.01 years1970: 49.38 years1972: 50.21 years1974: 51.06 years1976: 52.17 years1978: 53.05 years1980: 54.02 years1982: 54.72 years1984: 55.58 years1986: 56.3 years1988: 56.95 years1990: 57.56 years1992: 58.13 years1994: 58.68 years1996: 59.27 years1998: 59.93 years2000: 60.67 years2002: 61.38 years2004: 62.05 years2006: 62.73 years2008: 63.32 years2010: 64.14 years2012: 64.86 years2014: 65.51 years2016: 66.17 years2018: 66.78 years2020: 66.32 years2022: 67.7 years2024: 68.21 years
Change over the period: +21.69 (+46.62%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 68.21 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 68.21 +0.21 +0.3%
2023 68 +0.31 +0.45%
2022 67.7 +2.86 +4.41%
2021 64.84 −1.48 −2.23%
2020 66.32 −0.73 −1.1%
2019 67.05 +0.28 +0.41%
2018 66.78 +0.29 +0.43%
2017 66.49 +0.31 +0.48%
2016 66.17 +0.34 +0.51%
2015 65.84 +0.33 +0.5%
2014 65.51 +0.33 +0.5%
2013 65.18 +0.33 +0.5%
2012 64.86 +0.35 +0.55%
2011 64.5 +0.36 +0.57%
2010 64.14 +0.4 +0.63%
2009 63.74 +0.42 +0.66%
2008 63.32 +0.25 +0.4%
2007 63.07 +0.34 +0.54%
2006 62.73 +0.38 +0.6%
2005 62.35 +0.3 +0.48%
2004 62.05 +0.33 +0.53%
2003 61.72 +0.35 +0.56%
2002 61.38 +0.37 +0.61%
2001 61.01 +0.34 +0.56%
2000 60.67 +0.37 +0.62%
1999 60.3 +0.37 +0.61%
1998 59.93 +0.35 +0.58%
1997 59.58 +0.31 +0.53%
1996 59.27 +0.3 +0.5%
1995 58.97 +0.3 +0.51%
1994 58.68 +0.3 +0.51%
1993 58.38 +0.25 +0.42%
1992 58.13 +0.37 +0.65%
1991 57.76 +0.19 +0.33%
1990 57.56 +0.23 +0.4%
1989 57.33 +0.38 +0.67%
1988 56.95 +0.32 +0.57%
1987 56.63 +0.33 +0.59%
1986 56.3 +0.37 +0.65%
1985 55.93 +0.36 +0.64%
1984 55.58 +0.45 +0.82%
1983 55.13 +0.4 +0.74%
1982 54.72 +0.4 +0.73%
1981 54.33 +0.31 +0.57%
1980 54.02 +0.43 +0.79%
1979 53.59 +0.54 +1.03%
1978 53.05 +0.39 +0.73%
1977 52.66 +0.49 +0.94%
1976 52.17 +0.5 +0.98%
1975 51.67 +0.6 +1.18%
1974 51.06 +0.37 +0.73%
1973 50.7 +0.49 +0.97%
1972 50.21 +2.18 +4.54%
1971 48.03 −1.36 −2.75%
1970 49.38 −0.04 −0.08%
1969 49.42 +0.41 +0.84%
1968 49.01 +0.91 +1.9%
1967 48.1 +0.23 +0.48%
1966 47.87 +0.41 +0.87%
1965 47.46 −0.52 −1.09%
1964 47.98 +0.38 +0.81%
1963 47.6 +0.29 +0.61%
1962 47.31 +0.42 +0.9%
1961 46.89 +0.37 +0.8%
1960 46.52

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.