Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Middle East & North Africa

Male life expectancy in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 70.42 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 63.4%.

2024 70.42 years +0.33% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 70.42 years2024
Period minimum 43.09 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.09 years1962: 44.7 years1964: 46.18 years1966: 47.82 years1968: 48.98 years1970: 50.19 years1972: 51.31 years1974: 52.22 years1976: 53.2 years1978: 54.46 years1980: 55.43 years1982: 55.71 years1984: 57.6 years1986: 58.76 years1988: 59.74 years1990: 60.81 years1992: 62.11 years1994: 62.61 years1996: 63.23 years1998: 63.83 years2000: 64.65 years2002: 65.38 years2004: 65.83 years2006: 66.21 years2008: 66.85 years2010: 67.38 years2012: 67.54 years2014: 68.08 years2016: 68.44 years2018: 68.92 years2020: 67.79 years2022: 69.75 years2024: 70.42 years
Change over the period: +27.33 (+63.44%) Average annual rate: 0.77 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 70.42 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 70.42 +0.23 +0.33%
2023 70.19 +0.45 +0.64%
2022 69.75 +2.01 +2.96%
2021 67.74 −0.05 −0.07%
2020 67.79 −1.47 −2.12%
2019 69.25 +0.33 +0.48%
2018 68.92 +0.23 +0.33%
2017 68.7 +0.26 +0.38%
2016 68.44 +0.24 +0.35%
2015 68.2 +0.12 +0.17%
2014 68.08 +0.28 +0.41%
2013 67.8 +0.26 +0.38%
2012 67.54 +0 +0%
2011 67.54 +0.16 +0.24%
2010 67.38 +0.19 +0.29%
2009 67.19 +0.34 +0.51%
2008 66.85 +0.39 +0.59%
2007 66.45 +0.25 +0.37%
2006 66.21 +0.4 +0.61%
2005 65.81 −0.02 −0.03%
2004 65.83 +0.37 +0.57%
2003 65.45 +0.07 +0.11%
2002 65.38 +0.37 +0.56%
2001 65.01 +0.36 +0.56%
2000 64.65 +0.34 +0.54%
1999 64.31 +0.47 +0.74%
1998 63.83 +0.36 +0.57%
1997 63.47 +0.24 +0.38%
1996 63.23 +0.32 +0.5%
1995 62.92 +0.3 +0.49%
1994 62.61 +0.09 +0.14%
1993 62.52 +0.42 +0.67%
1992 62.11 +0.52 +0.84%
1991 61.59 +0.78 +1.28%
1990 60.81 +0.13 +0.21%
1989 60.69 +0.94 +1.57%
1988 59.74 +0.39 +0.66%
1987 59.35 +0.59 +1%
1986 58.76 +0.59 +1.01%
1985 58.18 +0.57 +1%
1984 57.6 +0.79 +1.4%
1983 56.81 +1.1 +1.98%
1982 55.71 +0.32 +0.58%
1981 55.39 −0.04 −0.08%
1980 55.43 +0.22 +0.4%
1979 55.21 +0.75 +1.38%
1978 54.46 +0.37 +0.68%
1977 54.09 +0.89 +1.67%
1976 53.2 +0.53 +1%
1975 52.68 +0.45 +0.87%
1974 52.22 +0.56 +1.08%
1973 51.66 +0.36 +0.7%
1972 51.31 +2.28 +4.65%
1971 49.03 −1.16 −2.31%
1970 50.19 +0.59 +1.2%
1969 49.59 +0.61 +1.25%
1968 48.98 +0.59 +1.22%
1967 48.39 +0.57 +1.19%
1966 47.82 +1.05 +2.25%
1965 46.77 +0.59 +1.28%
1964 46.18 +0.7 +1.53%
1963 45.48 +0.78 +1.75%
1962 44.7 +0.5 +1.14%
1961 44.2 +1.11 +2.57%
1960 43.09

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.