Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Belarus

Life expectancy at birth in Belarus in 2024 — 74.4 years. Ranked 114 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.4%.

2024 74.4 years +0.24% vs 2023
World rank 114of 217
Period maximum 74.4 years2024
Period minimum 67.9 years1999

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Belarus, 1960–202466687072747619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.3 years1962: 69.5 years1964: 70.6 years1966: 70.8 years1968: 70.8 years1970: 70.7 years1972: 70.8 years1974: 70.9 years1976: 70.4 years1978: 70.1 years1980: 69.9 years1982: 70.1 years1984: 69.6 years1986: 71.5 years1988: 71.3 years1990: 70.8 years1992: 70 years1994: 68.8 years1996: 68.5 years1998: 68.4 years2000: 68.9 years2002: 68.1 years2004: 69 years2006: 69.4 years2008: 70.5 years2010: 70.4 years2012: 72 years2014: 73 years2016: 73.8 years2018: 74.2 years2020: 72.1 years2022: 74.1 years2024: 74.4 years
Change over the period: +5.1 (+7.38%) Average annual rate: 0.11 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Belarus 74.4 years
World 73.5 years
Eastern Europe computed 75 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 74.4 +0.2 +0.24%
2023 74.2 +0.1 +0.11%
2022 74.1 +2 +2.82%
2021 72.1 −0.1 −0.09%
2020 72.1 −2.1 −2.81%
2019 74.2 +0.1 +0.07%
2018 74.2 +0 +0.06%
2017 74.1 +0.3 +0.41%
2016 73.8 +0.2 +0.27%
2015 73.6 +0.7 +0.9%
2014 73 +0.5 +0.69%
2013 72.5 +0.5 +0.7%
2012 72 +1.4 +2%
2011 70.6 +0.1 +0.21%
2010 70.4 −0 −0%
2009 70.4 −0 −0.07%
2008 70.5 +0.2 +0.35%
2007 70.2 +0.8 +1.16%
2006 69.4 +0.6 +0.8%
2005 68.9 −0.1 −0.15%
2004 69 +0.4 +0.59%
2003 68.6 +0.5 +0.73%
2002 68.1 −0.5 −0.66%
2001 68.5 −0.4 −0.59%
2000 68.9 +1 +1.48%
1999 67.9 −0.5 −0.73%
1998 68.4 −0.1 −0.08%
1997 68.5 −0.1 −0.07%
1996 68.5 +0.1 +0.07%
1995 68.5 −0.3 −0.45%
1994 68.8 −0.2 −0.29%
1993 69 −1.1 −1.5%
1992 70 −0.4 −0.51%
1991 70.4 −0.5 −0.65%
1990 70.8 −0.6 −0.9%
1989 71.5 +0.1 +0.2%
1988 71.3 +0.4 +0.49%
1987 71 −0.6 −0.78%
1986 71.5 +0.6 +0.78%
1985 71 +1.4 +2.05%
1984 69.6 −0.2 −0.33%
1983 69.8 −0.3 −0.4%
1982 70.1 +0.2 +0.24%
1981 69.9 −0 −0.03%
1980 69.9 −0 −0.01%
1979 69.9 −0.1 −0.21%
1978 70.1 −0.2 −0.29%
1977 70.3 −0.1 −0.15%
1976 70.4 −0.1 −0.09%
1975 70.5 −0.4 −0.56%
1974 70.9 −0.1 −0.21%
1973 71 +0.2 +0.21%
1972 70.8 −0.2 −0.23%
1971 71 +0.3 +0.38%
1970 70.7 −0.2 −0.33%
1969 71 +0.2 +0.23%
1968 70.8 −0.1 −0.16%
1967 70.9 +0.2 +0.23%
1966 70.8 +0.2 +0.24%
1965 70.6 −0 −0.03%
1964 70.6 +0.9 +1.3%
1963 69.7 +0.2 +0.36%
1962 69.5 −0.3 −0.4%
1961 69.7 +0.5 +0.7%
1960 69.3

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.