Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — World

Male life expectancy in the world in 2024 — 71.12 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 45%.

2024 71.12 years +0.23% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 71.12 years2024
Period minimum 49.03 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — World, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.03 years1962: 53.29 years1964: 54.06 years1966: 54.36 years1968: 55.21 years1970: 55.85 years1972: 56.73 years1974: 57.54 years1976: 58.31 years1978: 59.17 years1980: 59.86 years1982: 60.53 years1984: 61.1 years1986: 61.79 years1988: 62.32 years1990: 62.77 years1992: 63.22 years1994: 63.58 years1996: 64.18 years1998: 64.75 years2000: 65.36 years2002: 65.94 years2004: 66.48 years2006: 67.13 years2008: 67.67 years2010: 68.35 years2012: 68.91 years2014: 69.41 years2016: 69.82 years2018: 70.28 years2020: 69.69 years2022: 70.59 years2024: 71.12 years
Change over the period: +22.08 (+45.04%) Average annual rate: 0.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

World 71.12 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 71.12 +0.16 +0.23%
2023 70.95 +0.37 +0.52%
2022 70.59 +1.74 +2.53%
2021 68.85 −0.85 −1.22%
2020 69.69 −0.82 −1.17%
2019 70.52 +0.24 +0.34%
2018 70.28 +0.31 +0.44%
2017 69.98 +0.16 +0.23%
2016 69.82 +0.21 +0.3%
2015 69.61 +0.2 +0.28%
2014 69.41 +0.23 +0.34%
2013 69.18 +0.27 +0.39%
2012 68.91 +0.29 +0.43%
2011 68.61 +0.26 +0.38%
2010 68.35 +0.32 +0.46%
2009 68.04 +0.36 +0.53%
2008 67.67 +0.21 +0.31%
2007 67.47 +0.34 +0.5%
2006 67.13 +0.35 +0.52%
2005 66.78 +0.31 +0.46%
2004 66.48 +0.26 +0.39%
2003 66.22 +0.28 +0.43%
2002 65.94 +0.28 +0.43%
2001 65.66 +0.3 +0.45%
2000 65.36 +0.35 +0.54%
1999 65.01 +0.25 +0.39%
1998 64.75 +0.24 +0.37%
1997 64.51 +0.34 +0.52%
1996 64.18 +0.34 +0.53%
1995 63.84 +0.26 +0.4%
1994 63.58 +0.2 +0.31%
1993 63.38 +0.16 +0.25%
1992 63.22 +0.25 +0.39%
1991 62.98 +0.21 +0.33%
1990 62.77 +0.15 +0.24%
1989 62.62 +0.29 +0.47%
1988 62.32 +0.2 +0.33%
1987 62.12 +0.33 +0.53%
1986 61.79 +0.39 +0.64%
1985 61.4 +0.3 +0.49%
1984 61.1 +0.3 +0.5%
1983 60.8 +0.27 +0.44%
1982 60.53 +0.34 +0.57%
1981 60.19 +0.32 +0.54%
1980 59.86 +0.29 +0.49%
1979 59.57 +0.41 +0.69%
1978 59.17 +0.32 +0.55%
1977 58.84 +0.53 +0.91%
1976 58.31 +0.35 +0.61%
1975 57.96 +0.43 +0.74%
1974 57.54 +0.37 +0.65%
1973 57.16 +0.43 +0.76%
1972 56.73 +0.95 +1.7%
1971 55.79 −0.06 −0.11%
1970 55.85 +0.28 +0.51%
1969 55.56 +0.35 +0.64%
1968 55.21 +0.42 +0.77%
1967 54.79 +0.43 +0.79%
1966 54.36 +0.57 +1.06%
1965 53.79 −0.27 −0.5%
1964 54.06 +0.42 +0.78%
1963 53.64 +0.35 +0.67%
1962 53.29 +2.44 +4.79%
1961 50.85 +1.82 +3.71%
1960 49.03

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.