Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Central America

Male life expectancy in Central America in 2024 — 72.24 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 41.5%.

2024 72.24 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 72.24 years2024
Period minimum 51.04 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Central America, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.04 years1962: 52.54 years1964: 53.17 years1966: 54.27 years1968: 54.91 years1970: 55.75 years1972: 56.76 years1974: 57.61 years1976: 58.36 years1978: 59.35 years1980: 59.43 years1982: 59.94 years1984: 61.88 years1986: 63.17 years1988: 64.14 years1990: 64.99 years1992: 65.59 years1994: 66.35 years1996: 67.28 years1998: 67.85 years2000: 68.98 years2002: 69.67 years2004: 70.1 years2006: 70.45 years2008: 70.44 years2010: 70.47 years2012: 70.95 years2014: 71.29 years2016: 71.26 years2018: 71.16 years2020: 67.39 years2022: 70.86 years2024: 72.24 years
Change over the period: +21.2 (+41.53%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 72.24 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 72.24 +0.19 +0.26%
2023 72.05 +1.19 +1.69%
2022 70.86 +4.25 +6.37%
2021 66.61 −0.78 −1.16%
2020 67.39 −3.94 −5.53%
2019 71.34 +0.17 +0.24%
2018 71.16 −0 −0%
2017 71.16 −0.1 −0.14%
2016 71.26 −0.06 −0.08%
2015 71.32 +0.02 +0.03%
2014 71.29 +0.14 +0.2%
2013 71.15 +0.2 +0.28%
2012 70.95 +0.25 +0.36%
2011 70.7 +0.23 +0.32%
2010 70.47 +0.08 +0.12%
2009 70.39 −0.05 −0.07%
2008 70.44 −0.07 −0.1%
2007 70.52 +0.07 +0.1%
2006 70.45 +0.16 +0.23%
2005 70.29 +0.18 +0.26%
2004 70.1 +0.16 +0.23%
2003 69.94 +0.27 +0.39%
2002 69.67 +0.29 +0.42%
2001 69.38 +0.4 +0.58%
2000 68.98 +0.43 +0.63%
1999 68.55 +0.7 +1.03%
1998 67.85 +0.14 +0.21%
1997 67.71 +0.43 +0.65%
1996 67.28 +0.48 +0.73%
1995 66.79 +0.45 +0.67%
1994 66.35 +0.4 +0.61%
1993 65.94 +0.36 +0.54%
1992 65.59 +0.28 +0.43%
1991 65.31 +0.32 +0.49%
1990 64.99 +0.43 +0.67%
1989 64.56 +0.41 +0.64%
1988 64.14 +0.54 +0.85%
1987 63.6 +0.43 +0.69%
1986 63.17 +0.67 +1.07%
1985 62.5 +0.62 +1%
1984 61.88 +0.62 +1.01%
1983 61.26 +1.32 +2.2%
1982 59.94 +0.11 +0.18%
1981 59.83 +0.4 +0.67%
1980 59.43 +0.07 +0.12%
1979 59.36 +0.02 +0.03%
1978 59.35 +0.22 +0.37%
1977 59.13 +0.77 +1.33%
1976 58.36 +0.13 +0.22%
1975 58.23 +0.61 +1.06%
1974 57.61 +0.36 +0.63%
1973 57.25 +0.49 +0.87%
1972 56.76 +0.43 +0.77%
1971 56.32 +0.57 +1.02%
1970 55.75 +0.62 +1.12%
1969 55.14 +0.22 +0.41%
1968 54.91 +0.3 +0.55%
1967 54.61 +0.34 +0.63%
1966 54.27 +0.57 +1.07%
1965 53.7 +0.53 +1%
1964 53.17 +0.26 +0.49%
1963 52.91 +0.37 +0.7%
1962 52.54 +0.59 +1.14%
1961 51.95 +0.9 +1.77%
1960 51.04

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.