Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Northern Europe

Male life expectancy in Northern Europe in 2024 — 79.76 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.5%.

2024 79.76 years +0.41% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 79.76 years2024
Period minimum 68.27 years1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Northern Europe, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68.48 years1962: 68.27 years1964: 68.86 years1966: 68.81 years1968: 68.91 years1970: 69.06 years1972: 69.19 years1974: 69.5 years1976: 69.69 years1978: 70.06 years1980: 70.42 years1982: 70.98 years1984: 71.42 years1986: 71.74 years1988: 72.11 years1990: 72.4 years1992: 72.91 years1994: 73.23 years1996: 73.77 years1998: 74.09 years2000: 74.72 years2002: 75.21 years2004: 75.95 years2006: 76.46 years2008: 76.97 years2010: 77.84 years2012: 78.46 years2014: 78.95 years2016: 79.03 years2018: 79.27 years2020: 78.61 years2022: 79.09 years2024: 79.76 years
Change over the period: +11.27 (+16.46%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 79.76 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 79.76 +0.32 +0.41%
2023 79.43 +0.34 +0.43%
2022 79.09 +0.27 +0.35%
2021 78.82 +0.21 +0.27%
2020 78.61 −0.86 −1.09%
2019 79.47 +0.2 +0.25%
2018 79.27 +0.04 +0.05%
2017 79.23 +0.2 +0.25%
2016 79.03 +0.19 +0.24%
2015 78.84 −0.1 −0.13%
2014 78.95 +0.31 +0.39%
2013 78.64 +0.18 +0.23%
2012 78.46 +0.15 +0.2%
2011 78.31 +0.47 +0.6%
2010 77.84 +0.41 +0.52%
2009 77.43 +0.46 +0.6%
2008 76.97 +0.33 +0.42%
2007 76.64 +0.18 +0.24%
2006 76.46 +0.23 +0.3%
2005 76.23 +0.28 +0.37%
2004 75.95 +0.34 +0.45%
2003 75.6 +0.39 +0.52%
2002 75.21 +0.23 +0.3%
2001 74.98 +0.26 +0.35%
2000 74.72 +0.4 +0.53%
1999 74.33 +0.24 +0.32%
1998 74.09 +0.14 +0.2%
1997 73.95 +0.18 +0.24%
1996 73.77 +0.48 +0.65%
1995 73.29 +0.07 +0.09%
1994 73.23 +0.4 +0.55%
1993 72.83 −0.09 −0.12%
1992 72.91 +0.29 +0.41%
1991 72.62 +0.22 +0.3%
1990 72.4 +0.08 +0.11%
1989 72.32 +0.21 +0.29%
1988 72.11 +0.07 +0.1%
1987 72.04 +0.3 +0.42%
1986 71.74 +0.4 +0.56%
1985 71.34 −0.08 −0.12%
1984 71.42 +0.31 +0.44%
1983 71.11 +0.12 +0.18%
1982 70.98 +0.26 +0.37%
1981 70.72 +0.31 +0.44%
1980 70.42 +0.33 +0.46%
1979 70.09 +0.03 +0.04%
1978 70.06 +0.01 +0.01%
1977 70.05 +0.36 +0.52%
1976 69.69 +0.06 +0.09%
1975 69.63 +0.13 +0.18%
1974 69.5 +0.12 +0.17%
1973 69.39 +0.19 +0.28%
1972 69.19 −0.08 −0.12%
1971 69.27 +0.21 +0.31%
1970 69.06 +0.28 +0.4%
1969 68.78 −0.13 −0.19%
1968 68.91 −0.32 −0.46%
1967 69.23 +0.43 +0.62%
1966 68.81 −0.01 −0.02%
1965 68.82 −0.04 −0.06%
1964 68.86 +0.58 +0.84%
1963 68.28 +0.01 +0.02%
1962 68.27 −0.11 −0.16%
1961 68.38 −0.11 −0.15%
1960 68.48

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.