Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Channel Islands

Life expectancy at birth in the Channel Islands in 2024 — 81.2 years. Ranked 45 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12%.

2024 81.2 years +0.12% vs 2023
World rank 45of 217
Period maximum 81.6 years2014
Period minimum 71.6 years1961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Channel Islands, 1960–20247072.57577.58082.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 72.5 years1962: 72 years1964: 72 years1966: 72.3 years1968: 71.7 years1970: 71.8 years1972: 72 years1974: 72.5 years1976: 72.7 years1978: 73.1 years1980: 73.9 years1982: 73.1 years1984: 75.2 years1986: 75.4 years1988: 76 years1990: 76.3 years1992: 77.1 years1994: 77 years1996: 77.8 years1998: 78.5 years2000: 78.8 years2002: 79.1 years2004: 79.8 years2006: 80.4 years2008: 80.8 years2010: 81.2 years2012: 81.3 years2014: 81.6 years2016: 81.2 years2018: 81.1 years2020: 80.9 years2022: 81 years2024: 81.2 years
Change over the period: +8.7 (+12%) Average annual rate: 0.18 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Channel Islands 81.2 years
World 73.5 years
Northern Europe computed 81.7 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Channel Islands, by year Channel Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 81.2 +0.1 +0.12%
2023 81.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2022 81 +0.7 +0.87%
2021 80.3 −0.6 −0.74%
2020 80.9 −0.3 −0.37%
2019 81.2 +0.1 +0.12%
2018 81.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2017 81 −0.2 −0.25%
2016 81.2 −0.2 −0.25%
2015 81.4 −0.2 −0.25%
2014 81.6 +0.1 +0.12%
2013 81.5 +0.2 +0.25%
2012 81.3 −0.1 −0.12%
2011 81.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2010 81.2 +0.2 +0.25%
2009 81 +0.2 +0.25%
2008 80.8 +0.2 +0.25%
2007 80.6 +0.2 +0.25%
2006 80.4 +0.3 +0.37%
2005 80.1 +0.3 +0.38%
2004 79.8 +0.4 +0.5%
2003 79.4 +0.3 +0.38%
2002 79.1 +0.1 +0.13%
2001 79 +0.2 +0.25%
2000 78.8 −0.3 −0.38%
1999 79.1 +0.6 +0.76%
1998 78.5 +0.3 +0.38%
1997 78.2 +0.4 +0.51%
1996 77.8 +0.1 +0.13%
1995 77.7 +0.7 +0.91%
1994 77 +0.2 +0.26%
1993 76.8 −0.3 −0.39%
1992 77.1 +0.6 +0.78%
1991 76.5 +0.2 +0.26%
1990 76.3 −0.2 −0.26%
1989 76.5 +0.5 +0.66%
1988 76 +0.3 +0.4%
1987 75.7 +0.3 +0.4%
1986 75.4 +0.1 +0.13%
1985 75.3 +0.1 +0.13%
1984 75.2 +0.3 +0.4%
1983 74.9 +1.8 +2.46%
1982 73.1 −0.7 −0.95%
1981 73.8 −0.1 −0.14%
1980 73.9 +0.7 +0.96%
1979 73.2 +0.1 +0.14%
1978 73.1 +0.2 +0.27%
1977 72.9 +0.2 +0.28%
1976 72.7 +0.1 +0.14%
1975 72.6 +0.1 +0.14%
1974 72.5 −0.2 −0.28%
1973 72.7 +0.7 +0.97%
1972 72 +0 +0%
1971 72 +0.2 +0.28%
1970 71.8 +0.1 +0.14%
1969 71.7 +0 +0%
1968 71.7 −0.5 −0.69%
1967 72.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1966 72.3 +0.7 +0.98%
1965 71.6 −0.4 −0.56%
1964 72 −0.2 −0.28%
1963 72.2 +0.2 +0.28%
1962 72 +0.4 +0.56%
1961 71.6 −0.9 −1.24%
1960 72.5

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.