Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — OECD

Male life expectancy in the OECD in 2024 — 77.9 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 20.8%.

2024 77.9 years +0.38% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 77.9 years2024
Period minimum 64.47 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — OECD, 1960–2024606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 64.47 years1962: 64.85 years1964: 65.33 years1966: 65.59 years1968: 65.74 years1970: 66.22 years1972: 66.75 years1974: 67.29 years1976: 67.84 years1978: 68.37 years1980: 68.79 years1982: 69.53 years1984: 69.97 years1986: 70.4 years1988: 70.83 years1990: 71.18 years1992: 71.62 years1994: 72.07 years1996: 72.67 years1998: 73.28 years2000: 73.83 years2002: 74.36 years2004: 74.96 years2006: 75.42 years2008: 75.84 years2010: 76.32 years2012: 76.76 years2014: 77.26 years2016: 77.28 years2018: 77.43 years2020: 76.17 years2022: 76.89 years2024: 77.9 years
Change over the period: +13.43 (+20.84%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 77.9 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 77.9 +0.3 +0.38%
2023 77.61 +0.72 +0.93%
2022 76.89 +1.11 +1.46%
2021 75.78 −0.39 −0.51%
2020 76.17 −1.47 −1.9%
2019 77.64 +0.21 +0.27%
2018 77.43 +0.09 +0.12%
2017 77.34 +0.06 +0.08%
2016 77.28 +0.11 +0.14%
2015 77.17 −0.09 −0.12%
2014 77.26 +0.27 +0.35%
2013 76.99 +0.23 +0.3%
2012 76.76 +0.2 +0.26%
2011 76.56 +0.23 +0.31%
2010 76.32 +0.21 +0.27%
2009 76.12 +0.28 +0.36%
2008 75.84 +0.18 +0.23%
2007 75.66 +0.24 +0.32%
2006 75.42 +0.31 +0.41%
2005 75.11 +0.15 +0.2%
2004 74.96 +0.42 +0.56%
2003 74.54 +0.18 +0.25%
2002 74.36 +0.19 +0.26%
2001 74.17 +0.34 +0.46%
2000 73.83 +0.38 +0.52%
1999 73.45 +0.17 +0.23%
1998 73.28 +0.24 +0.33%
1997 73.04 +0.38 +0.52%
1996 72.67 +0.46 +0.64%
1995 72.2 +0.14 +0.19%
1994 72.07 +0.29 +0.4%
1993 71.78 +0.15 +0.21%
1992 71.62 +0.26 +0.37%
1991 71.36 +0.18 +0.25%
1990 71.18 +0.12 +0.17%
1989 71.06 +0.24 +0.33%
1988 70.83 +0.15 +0.21%
1987 70.68 +0.28 +0.4%
1986 70.4 +0.37 +0.53%
1985 70.03 +0.06 +0.09%
1984 69.97 +0.28 +0.41%
1983 69.68 +0.15 +0.22%
1982 69.53 +0.37 +0.53%
1981 69.16 +0.37 +0.54%
1980 68.79 +0.1 +0.14%
1979 68.7 +0.33 +0.48%
1978 68.37 +0.16 +0.23%
1977 68.21 +0.37 +0.54%
1976 67.84 +0.3 +0.44%
1975 67.54 +0.26 +0.38%
1974 67.29 +0.39 +0.59%
1973 66.9 +0.15 +0.22%
1972 66.75 +0.27 +0.4%
1971 66.48 +0.26 +0.4%
1970 66.22 +0.32 +0.49%
1969 65.9 +0.16 +0.24%
1968 65.74 −0.24 −0.36%
1967 65.98 +0.39 +0.59%
1966 65.59 +0.17 +0.26%
1965 65.42 +0.09 +0.14%
1964 65.33 +0.35 +0.53%
1963 64.98 +0.13 +0.2%
1962 64.85 −0.03 −0.04%
1961 64.88 +0.41 +0.63%
1960 64.47

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.