Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Sweden

Male life expectancy in Sweden in 2024 — 82.6 years. Ranked 6 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16%.

2024 82.6 years +1.1% vs 2023
World rank 6of 217
Period maximum 82.6 years2024
Period minimum 71.23 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Sweden, 1960–20247075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 71.23 years1962: 71.37 years1964: 71.66 years1966: 71.82 years1968: 71.69 years1970: 72.22 years1972: 72.04 years1974: 72.2 years1976: 72.14 years1978: 72.43 years1980: 72.78 years1982: 73.42 years1984: 73.85 years1986: 73.98 years1988: 74.15 years1990: 74.81 years1992: 75.35 years1994: 76.06 years1996: 76.52 years1998: 76.9 years2000: 77.4 years2002: 77.7 years2004: 78.4 years2006: 78.7 years2008: 79.1 years2010: 79.5 years2012: 79.9 years2014: 80.4 years2016: 80.6 years2018: 80.9 years2020: 80.6 years2022: 81.4 years2024: 82.6 years
Change over the period: +11.37 (+15.96%) Average annual rate: 0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sweden 82.6 years
World 71.12 years
Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
Northern Europe computed 79.76 years
High-income countries computed 77.79 years
Male life expectancy — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 82.6 +0.9 +1.1%
2023 81.7 +0.3 +0.37%
2022 81.4 +0.1 +0.12%
2021 81.3 +0.7 +0.87%
2020 80.6 −0.9 −1.1%
2019 81.5 +0.6 +0.74%
2018 80.9 +0.1 +0.12%
2017 80.8 +0.2 +0.25%
2016 80.6 +0.2 +0.25%
2015 80.4 +0 +0%
2014 80.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2013 80.2 +0.3 +0.38%
2012 79.9 +0 +0%
2011 79.9 +0.4 +0.5%
2010 79.5 +0.1 +0.13%
2009 79.4 +0.3 +0.38%
2008 79.1 +0.2 +0.25%
2007 78.9 +0.2 +0.25%
2006 78.7 +0.3 +0.38%
2005 78.4 +0 +0%
2004 78.4 +0.5 +0.64%
2003 77.9 +0.2 +0.26%
2002 77.7 +0.1 +0.13%
2001 77.6 +0.2 +0.26%
2000 77.4 +0.3 +0.39%
1999 77.1 +0.2 +0.26%
1998 76.9 +0.2 +0.26%
1997 76.7 +0.18 +0.24%
1996 76.52 +0.36 +0.47%
1995 76.16 +0.1 +0.13%
1994 76.06 +0.58 +0.77%
1993 75.48 +0.13 +0.17%
1992 75.35 +0.41 +0.55%
1991 74.94 +0.13 +0.17%
1990 74.81 +0.01 +0.01%
1989 74.8 +0.65 +0.88%
1988 74.15 −0.03 −0.04%
1987 74.18 +0.2 +0.27%
1986 73.98 +0.2 +0.27%
1985 73.78 −0.07 −0.09%
1984 73.85 +0.23 +0.31%
1983 73.62 +0.2 +0.27%
1982 73.42 +0.35 +0.48%
1981 73.07 +0.29 +0.4%
1980 72.78 +0.29 +0.4%
1979 72.49 +0.06 +0.08%
1978 72.43 +0.06 +0.08%
1977 72.37 +0.23 +0.32%
1976 72.14 −0.03 −0.04%
1975 72.17 −0.03 −0.04%
1974 72.2 +0.04 +0.06%
1973 72.16 +0.12 +0.17%
1972 72.04 +0.06 +0.08%
1971 71.98 −0.24 −0.33%
1970 72.22 +0.54 +0.75%
1969 71.68 −0.01 −0.01%
1968 71.69 −0.13 −0.18%
1967 71.82 +0 +0%
1966 71.82 +0.09 +0.13%
1965 71.73 +0.07 +0.1%
1964 71.66 +0.09 +0.13%
1963 71.57 +0.2 +0.28%
1962 71.37 −0.28 −0.39%
1961 71.65 +0.42 +0.59%
1960 71.23

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.