Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Netherlands

Male life expectancy in the Netherlands in 2024 — 80.6 years. Ranked 27 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.7%.

2024 80.6 years +0.25% vs 2023
World rank 27of 217
Period maximum 80.6 years2019
Period minimum 70.81 years1970

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Netherlands, 1960–20247072.57577.58082.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 71.5 years1962: 71.08 years1964: 71.27 years1966: 71.03 years1968: 70.92 years1970: 70.81 years1972: 70.81 years1974: 71.61 years1976: 71.53 years1978: 71.95 years1980: 72.47 years1982: 72.73 years1984: 72.96 years1986: 73.09 years1988: 73.7 years1990: 73.8 years1992: 74.3 years1994: 74.58 years1996: 74.66 years1998: 75.2 years2000: 75.5 years2002: 76 years2004: 76.9 years2006: 77.6 years2008: 78.3 years2010: 78.8 years2012: 79.3 years2014: 80 years2016: 80 years2018: 80.3 years2020: 79.7 years2022: 80.2 years2024: 80.6 years
Change over the period: +9.1 (+12.73%) Average annual rate: 0.19 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Netherlands 80.6 years
World 71.12 years
Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
Western Europe computed 79.63 years
High-income countries computed 77.79 years
Male life expectancy — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 80.6 +0.2 +0.25%
2023 80.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2022 80.2 +0.5 +0.63%
2021 79.7 +0 +0%
2020 79.7 −0.9 −1.12%
2019 80.6 +0.3 +0.37%
2018 80.3 +0.1 +0.12%
2017 80.2 +0.2 +0.25%
2016 80 +0.1 +0.13%
2015 79.9 −0.1 −0.12%
2014 80 +0.5 +0.63%
2013 79.5 +0.2 +0.25%
2012 79.3 −0.1 −0.13%
2011 79.4 +0.6 +0.76%
2010 78.8 +0.3 +0.38%
2009 78.5 +0.2 +0.26%
2008 78.3 +0.3 +0.38%
2007 78 +0.4 +0.52%
2006 77.6 +0.4 +0.52%
2005 77.2 +0.3 +0.39%
2004 76.9 +0.7 +0.92%
2003 76.2 +0.2 +0.26%
2002 76 +0.2 +0.26%
2001 75.8 +0.3 +0.4%
2000 75.5 +0.2 +0.27%
1999 75.3 +0.1 +0.13%
1998 75.2 +0.03 +0.04%
1997 75.17 +0.51 +0.68%
1996 74.66 +0.07 +0.09%
1995 74.59 +0.01 +0.01%
1994 74.58 +0.6 +0.81%
1993 73.98 −0.32 −0.43%
1992 74.3 +0.3 +0.41%
1991 74 +0.2 +0.27%
1990 73.8 +0.1 +0.14%
1989 73.7 +0 +0%
1988 73.7 +0.19 +0.26%
1987 73.51 +0.42 +0.57%
1986 73.09 +0.02 +0.03%
1985 73.07 +0.11 +0.15%
1984 72.96 +0.03 +0.04%
1983 72.93 +0.2 +0.27%
1982 72.73 +0.02 +0.03%
1981 72.71 +0.24 +0.33%
1980 72.47 +0.02 +0.03%
1979 72.45 +0.5 +0.69%
1978 71.95 −0.13 −0.18%
1977 72.08 +0.55 +0.77%
1976 71.53 +0.08 +0.11%
1975 71.45 −0.16 −0.22%
1974 71.61 +0.31 +0.43%
1973 71.3 +0.49 +0.69%
1972 70.81 −0.18 −0.25%
1971 70.99 +0.18 +0.25%
1970 70.81 −0.11 −0.16%
1969 70.92 +0 +0%
1968 70.92 −0.25 −0.35%
1967 71.17 +0.14 +0.2%
1966 71.03 −0.09 −0.13%
1965 71.12 −0.15 −0.21%
1964 71.27 +0.25 +0.35%
1963 71.02 −0.06 −0.08%
1962 71.08 −0.48 −0.67%
1961 71.56 +0.06 +0.08%
1960 71.5

Western Europe, 2024

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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.