Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Western Asia

Male life expectancy in Western Asia in 2024 — 73.84 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 54.4%.

2024 73.84 years +0.36% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 73.84 years2024
Period minimum 47.84 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Western Asia, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.84 years1962: 49.95 years1964: 50.47 years1966: 52.37 years1968: 53.55 years1970: 54.84 years1972: 56.16 years1974: 56.68 years1976: 57.33 years1978: 59.23 years1980: 59.55 years1982: 59.02 years1984: 60.95 years1986: 61.57 years1988: 61.98 years1990: 63.23 years1992: 64.9 years1994: 65.34 years1996: 66.17 years1998: 66.89 years2000: 67.78 years2002: 68.62 years2004: 68.93 years2006: 69.31 years2008: 70.46 years2010: 71.27 years2012: 70.88 years2014: 71.68 years2016: 71.61 years2018: 72.47 years2020: 71.76 years2022: 73.16 years2024: 73.84 years
Change over the period: +26 (+54.35%) Average annual rate: 0.68 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 73.84 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 73.84 +0.27 +0.36%
2023 73.57 +0.41 +0.56%
2022 73.16 +1.66 +2.32%
2021 71.5 −0.26 −0.36%
2020 71.76 −1.21 −1.66%
2019 72.97 +0.5 +0.69%
2018 72.47 +0.37 +0.51%
2017 72.1 +0.49 +0.69%
2016 71.61 +0.08 +0.11%
2015 71.53 −0.14 −0.2%
2014 71.68 +0.43 +0.61%
2013 71.24 +0.36 +0.51%
2012 70.88 −0.34 −0.48%
2011 71.22 −0.05 −0.07%
2010 71.27 +0.26 +0.37%
2009 71.01 +0.55 +0.78%
2008 70.46 +0.71 +1.02%
2007 69.75 +0.44 +0.63%
2006 69.31 +0.08 +0.12%
2005 69.23 +0.3 +0.44%
2004 68.93 +0.22 +0.33%
2003 68.7 +0.08 +0.12%
2002 68.62 +0.42 +0.61%
2001 68.2 +0.43 +0.63%
2000 67.78 +0.66 +0.98%
1999 67.12 +0.23 +0.34%
1998 66.89 +0.44 +0.66%
1997 66.45 +0.28 +0.42%
1996 66.17 +0.42 +0.65%
1995 65.75 +0.41 +0.62%
1994 65.34 +0.15 +0.23%
1993 65.19 +0.29 +0.45%
1992 64.9 +0.7 +1.09%
1991 64.2 +0.96 +1.53%
1990 63.23 +0.3 +0.47%
1989 62.94 +0.96 +1.55%
1988 61.98 −0.41 −0.66%
1987 62.38 +0.82 +1.33%
1986 61.57 +0.1 +0.17%
1985 61.46 +0.51 +0.84%
1984 60.95 +0.42 +0.69%
1983 60.53 +1.51 +2.56%
1982 59.02 −0.34 −0.57%
1981 59.36 −0.19 −0.32%
1980 59.55 −0.18 −0.3%
1979 59.73 +0.5 +0.85%
1978 59.23 +0.58 +0.99%
1977 58.65 +1.33 +2.31%
1976 57.33 +0.37 +0.65%
1975 56.95 +0.27 +0.48%
1974 56.68 +0.29 +0.51%
1973 56.39 +0.23 +0.41%
1972 56.16 +0.64 +1.15%
1971 55.53 +0.69 +1.25%
1970 54.84 +0.64 +1.18%
1969 54.2 +0.65 +1.22%
1968 53.55 +0.54 +1.02%
1967 53.01 +0.64 +1.22%
1966 52.37 +1.25 +2.44%
1965 51.13 +0.65 +1.3%
1964 50.47 +0.69 +1.39%
1963 49.78 −0.17 −0.33%
1962 49.95 +0.68 +1.37%
1961 49.27 +1.43 +3%
1960 47.84

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.