Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Syria

Male life expectancy in Syria in 2024 — 70.21 years. Ranked 124 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 35%.

2024 70.21 years +0.55% vs 2023
World rank 124of 217
Period maximum 71.61 years2010
Period minimum 52 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Syria, 1960–202450556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52 years1962: 53.99 years1964: 55.7 years1966: 57.07 years1968: 58.68 years1970: 60.08 years1972: 61.19 years1974: 62.14 years1976: 62.9 years1978: 63.66 years1980: 64.24 years1982: 56.88 years1984: 65.92 years1986: 66.72 years1988: 67.34 years1990: 67.75 years1992: 68.01 years1994: 68.11 years1996: 68.14 years1998: 68.38 years2000: 69.11 years2002: 69.97 years2004: 70.61 years2006: 71.14 years2008: 71.44 years2010: 71.61 years2012: 61.63 years2014: 60.58 years2016: 59.5 years2018: 63.03 years2020: 69.17 years2022: 70.38 years2024: 70.21 years
Change over the period: +18.21 (+35.03%) Average annual rate: 0.47 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 70.21 years
World 71.12 years
Western Asia computed 73.84 years
Low-income countries computed 62.79 years
Male life expectancy — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 70.21 +0.38 +0.55%
2023 69.83 −0.55 −0.79%
2022 70.38 +0.15 +0.21%
2021 70.24 +1.06 +1.53%
2020 69.17 +1.34 +1.98%
2019 67.83 +4.8 +7.62%
2018 63.03 +2.74 +4.54%
2017 60.29 +0.79 +1.33%
2016 59.5 +2.31 +4.03%
2015 57.2 −3.38 −5.59%
2014 60.58 +0.33 +0.55%
2013 60.25 −1.38 −2.23%
2012 61.63 −8.24 −11.79%
2011 69.86 −1.75 −2.45%
2010 71.61 +0.06 +0.09%
2009 71.55 +0.11 +0.16%
2008 71.44 +0.12 +0.16%
2007 71.32 +0.18 +0.25%
2006 71.14 +0.23 +0.33%
2005 70.91 +0.3 +0.43%
2004 70.61 +0.24 +0.34%
2003 70.36 +0.39 +0.56%
2002 69.97 +0.41 +0.6%
2001 69.56 +0.45 +0.66%
2000 69.11 +0.4 +0.58%
1999 68.71 +0.33 +0.48%
1998 68.38 +0.15 +0.22%
1997 68.23 +0.09 +0.13%
1996 68.14 +0.03 +0.05%
1995 68.11 −0 −0%
1994 68.11 +0.04 +0.06%
1993 68.07 +0.06 +0.09%
1992 68.01 +0.11 +0.16%
1991 67.9 +0.15 +0.21%
1990 67.75 +0.21 +0.32%
1989 67.54 +0.2 +0.29%
1988 67.34 +0.29 +0.43%
1987 67.05 +0.33 +0.49%
1986 66.72 +0.38 +0.58%
1985 66.34 +0.42 +0.64%
1984 65.92 +0.49 +0.76%
1983 65.43 +8.54 +15.02%
1982 56.88 −4.91 −7.94%
1981 61.79 −2.45 −3.82%
1980 64.24 +0.33 +0.51%
1979 63.92 +0.26 +0.41%
1978 63.66 +0.4 +0.63%
1977 63.26 +0.36 +0.57%
1976 62.9 +0.38 +0.61%
1975 62.52 +0.38 +0.61%
1974 62.14 +3.74 +6.4%
1973 58.4 −2.8 −4.57%
1972 61.19 +0.51 +0.85%
1971 60.68 +0.6 +1.01%
1970 60.08 +0.69 +1.16%
1969 59.39 +0.71 +1.2%
1968 58.68 +1.31 +2.29%
1967 57.37 +0.3 +0.53%
1966 57.07 +0.61 +1.08%
1965 56.46 +0.76 +1.36%
1964 55.7 +0.82 +1.5%
1963 54.88 +0.89 +1.65%
1962 53.99 +1.01 +1.9%
1961 52.98 +0.99 +1.9%
1960 52

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.