Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024 — 78 years. Ranked 69 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 33.3%.

2024 78 years +0.25% vs 2023
World rank 69of 217
Period maximum 78 years2024
Period minimum 50.9 years1993

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 58.5 years1962: 60.1 years1964: 61.5 years1966: 63.1 years1968: 64 years1970: 64.8 years1972: 65.7 years1974: 67.6 years1976: 68.6 years1978: 68.8 years1980: 69.6 years1982: 70.1 years1984: 70.2 years1986: 70.8 years1988: 71 years1990: 71.5 years1992: 52 years1994: 66.6 years1996: 73.5 years1998: 74.5 years2000: 75.3 years2002: 76 years2004: 76.5 years2006: 76 years2008: 76.3 years2010: 76.8 years2012: 77 years2014: 77.1 years2016: 77.1 years2018: 77.9 years2020: 76 years2022: 76.8 years2024: 78 years
Change over the period: +19.5 (+33.34%) Average annual rate: 0.45 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 years
World 73.5 years
Southern Europe computed 82.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78 +0.2 +0.25%
2023 77.9 +1.1 +1.4%
2022 76.8 +2.2 +2.96%
2021 74.6 −1.5 −1.94%
2020 76 −1.4 −1.75%
2019 77.4 −0.5 −0.7%
2018 77.9 +0.6 +0.72%
2017 77.4 +0.3 +0.34%
2016 77.1 +0.1 +0.07%
2015 77.1 −0 −0.02%
2014 77.1 −0 −0.05%
2013 77.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2012 77 +0.1 +0.1%
2011 77 +0.1 +0.18%
2010 76.8 +0.1 +0.16%
2009 76.7 +0.4 +0.53%
2008 76.3 +0.1 +0.18%
2007 76.2 +0.1 +0.18%
2006 76 −0.4 −0.52%
2005 76.4 −0.1 −0.08%
2004 76.5 +0 +0.05%
2003 76.4 +0.5 +0.6%
2002 76 +0.4 +0.56%
2001 75.6 +0.3 +0.37%
2000 75.3 +0.3 +0.46%
1999 74.9 +0.5 +0.64%
1998 74.5 +0.6 +0.78%
1997 73.9 +0.4 +0.6%
1996 73.5 +3.3 +4.65%
1995 70.2 +3.6 +5.38%
1994 66.6 +15.7 +30.87%
1993 50.9 −1.1 −2.06%
1992 52 −19.8 −27.64%
1991 71.8 +0.3 +0.43%
1990 71.5 +0.1 +0.09%
1989 71.4 +0.5 +0.67%
1988 71 +0.1 +0.13%
1987 70.9 +0.1 +0.18%
1986 70.8 +0.2 +0.24%
1985 70.6 +0.4 +0.5%
1984 70.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1983 70.1 +0 +0.03%
1982 70.1 +0 +0.03%
1981 70.1 +0.5 +0.65%
1980 69.6 +0.5 +0.75%
1979 69.1 +0.2 +0.35%
1978 68.8 +0.1 +0.09%
1977 68.8 +0.2 +0.3%
1976 68.6 +0.2 +0.36%
1975 68.3 +0.7 +1.03%
1974 67.6 +1 +1.58%
1973 66.6 +0.9 +1.38%
1972 65.7 +0.5 +0.77%
1971 65.2 +0.3 +0.52%
1970 64.8 +0.4 +0.61%
1969 64.4 +0.4 +0.69%
1968 64 +0.3 +0.43%
1967 63.7 +0.6 +0.96%
1966 63.1 +0.9 +1.47%
1965 62.2 +0.7 +1.14%
1964 61.5 +1 +1.65%
1963 60.5 +0.4 +0.65%
1962 60.1 +0.8 +1.41%
1961 59.3 +0.8 +1.29%
1960 58.5

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.