Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Uruguay

Male life expectancy in Uruguay in 2024 — 74.38 years. Ranked 85 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 14.9%.

2024 74.38 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank 85of 217
Period maximum 74.51 years2020
Period minimum 64.76 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Uruguay, 1960–202462.56567.57072.57519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 64.76 years1962: 64.97 years1964: 65.12 years1966: 65.27 years1968: 65.45 years1970: 65.63 years1972: 66.02 years1974: 66.29 years1976: 66.57 years1978: 66.81 years1980: 66.96 years1982: 67.81 years1984: 68.12 years1986: 68.61 years1988: 68.73 years1990: 69.26 years1992: 69.42 years1994: 69.21 years1996: 69.76 years1998: 69.99 years2000: 70.64 years2002: 71.01 years2004: 71.45 years2006: 71.91 years2008: 72.29 years2010: 72.67 years2012: 72.71 years2014: 73.26 years2016: 73.54 years2018: 73.45 years2020: 74.51 years2022: 72.43 years2024: 74.38 years
Change over the period: +9.63 (+14.86%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 74.38 years
World 71.12 years
South America computed 73.53 years
High-income countries computed 77.79 years
Male life expectancy — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 74.38 +0.19 +0.26%
2023 74.19 +1.76 +2.43%
2022 72.43 +0.93 +1.3%
2021 71.5 −3.01 −4.04%
2020 74.51 +0.93 +1.27%
2019 73.58 +0.13 +0.18%
2018 73.45 −0.41 −0.55%
2017 73.86 +0.32 +0.43%
2016 73.54 +0.16 +0.21%
2015 73.38 +0.12 +0.17%
2014 73.26 +0.29 +0.4%
2013 72.97 +0.26 +0.35%
2012 72.71 +0.08 +0.11%
2011 72.63 −0.04 −0.06%
2010 72.67 −0.02 −0.03%
2009 72.69 +0.4 +0.56%
2008 72.29 +0.13 +0.18%
2007 72.16 +0.25 +0.34%
2006 71.91 −0 −0%
2005 71.91 +0.46 +0.64%
2004 71.45 +0.31 +0.43%
2003 71.15 +0.13 +0.19%
2002 71.01 +0.07 +0.09%
2001 70.94 +0.3 +0.43%
2000 70.64 +0.43 +0.61%
1999 70.21 +0.22 +0.32%
1998 69.99 +0.1 +0.15%
1997 69.89 +0.12 +0.18%
1996 69.76 +0.29 +0.41%
1995 69.47 +0.27 +0.39%
1994 69.21 −0.04 −0.06%
1993 69.25 −0.17 −0.25%
1992 69.42 −0.05 −0.07%
1991 69.47 +0.21 +0.3%
1990 69.26 +0.41 +0.6%
1989 68.85 +0.12 +0.18%
1988 68.73 +0.13 +0.2%
1987 68.59 −0.02 −0.03%
1986 68.61 +0.33 +0.48%
1985 68.28 +0.16 +0.23%
1984 68.12 +0.18 +0.26%
1983 67.95 +0.13 +0.19%
1982 67.81 +0.49 +0.73%
1981 67.32 +0.36 +0.54%
1980 66.96 +0.17 +0.26%
1979 66.79 −0.03 −0.04%
1978 66.81 +0.11 +0.17%
1977 66.7 +0.13 +0.19%
1976 66.57 +0.14 +0.22%
1975 66.43 +0.14 +0.21%
1974 66.29 +0.14 +0.2%
1973 66.15 +0.13 +0.2%
1972 66.02 +0.21 +0.32%
1971 65.81 +0.18 +0.28%
1970 65.63 +0.14 +0.21%
1969 65.49 +0.05 +0.07%
1968 65.45 +0.09 +0.13%
1967 65.36 +0.09 +0.14%
1966 65.27 +0.09 +0.13%
1965 65.19 +0.06 +0.1%
1964 65.12 +0.06 +0.1%
1963 65.06 +0.09 +0.14%
1962 64.97 +0.09 +0.14%
1961 64.88 +0.12 +0.18%
1960 64.76

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.