Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Albania

Life expectancy at birth in Albania in 2024 — 79.8 years. Ranked 54 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 41.4%.

2024 79.8 years +0.22% vs 2023
World rank 54of 217
Period maximum 79.8 years2024
Period minimum 56.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Albania, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 56.4 years1962: 58.5 years1964: 60.4 years1966: 62.1 years1968: 63.8 years1970: 65.2 years1972: 66.5 years1974: 67.6 years1976: 68.6 years1978: 69.4 years1980: 69.9 years1982: 70.4 years1984: 71 years1986: 71.7 years1988: 72.2 years1990: 72.7 years1992: 73.3 years1994: 73.8 years1996: 74.1 years1998: 74.4 years2000: 74.8 years2002: 75.3 years2004: 76 years2006: 77 years2008: 78.2 years2010: 78.4 years2012: 78.1 years2014: 78 years2016: 78.6 years2018: 79.2 years2020: 77.8 years2022: 78.8 years2024: 79.8 years
Change over the period: +23.4 (+41.41%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Albania 79.8 years
World 73.5 years
Southern Europe computed 82.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 79.8 +0.2 +0.22%
2023 79.6 +0.8 +1.06%
2022 78.8 +1.9 +2.51%
2021 76.8 −1 −1.26%
2020 77.8 −1.6 −2.07%
2019 79.5 +0.2 +0.29%
2018 79.2 +0.3 +0.43%
2017 78.9 +0.3 +0.33%
2016 78.6 +0.3 +0.36%
2015 78.4 +0.3 +0.42%
2014 78 +0 +0.04%
2013 78 −0.1 −0.11%
2012 78.1 −0.2 −0.28%
2011 78.3 −0.1 −0.14%
2010 78.4 −0.1 −0.12%
2009 78.5 +0.3 +0.33%
2008 78.2 +0.6 +0.72%
2007 77.7 +0.7 +0.91%
2006 77 +0.6 +0.74%
2005 76.4 +0.5 +0.63%
2004 76 +0.4 +0.52%
2003 75.6 +0.3 +0.34%
2002 75.3 +0.2 +0.29%
2001 75.1 +0.3 +0.34%
2000 74.8 +0.3 +0.35%
1999 74.6 +0.2 +0.28%
1998 74.4 +1 +1.33%
1997 73.4 −0.7 −0.98%
1996 74.1 +0.1 +0.12%
1995 74 +0.2 +0.25%
1994 73.8 +0.2 +0.27%
1993 73.6 +0.3 +0.46%
1992 73.3 +0.3 +0.41%
1991 73 +0.3 +0.4%
1990 72.7 +0.3 +0.35%
1989 72.5 +0.2 +0.33%
1988 72.2 +0.2 +0.33%
1987 72 +0.3 +0.44%
1986 71.7 +0.4 +0.54%
1985 71.3 +0.3 +0.42%
1984 71 +0.3 +0.39%
1983 70.7 +0.3 +0.4%
1982 70.4 +0.3 +0.4%
1981 70.1 +0.2 +0.35%
1980 69.9 +0.3 +0.41%
1979 69.6 +0.3 +0.36%
1978 69.4 +0.4 +0.54%
1977 69 +0.4 +0.62%
1976 68.6 +0.4 +0.66%
1975 68.1 +0.5 +0.72%
1974 67.6 +0.5 +0.78%
1973 67.1 +0.6 +0.87%
1972 66.5 +0.6 +0.96%
1971 65.9 +0.7 +1.01%
1970 65.2 +0.7 +1.08%
1969 64.5 +0.8 +1.18%
1968 63.8 +0.8 +1.29%
1967 63 +0.8 +1.33%
1966 62.1 +0.9 +1.43%
1965 61.3 +0.9 +1.44%
1964 60.4 +0.9 +1.56%
1963 59.5 +1 +1.68%
1962 58.5 +1 +1.75%
1961 57.5 +1.1 +1.91%
1960 56.4

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.