Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Estonia

Life expectancy at birth in Estonia in 2024 — 79.3 years. Ranked 56 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.3%.

2024 79.3 years +0.64% vs 2023
World rank 56of 217
Period maximum 79.3 years2024
Period minimum 66.5 years1994

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Estonia, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68.7 years1962: 69.3 years1964: 70.1 years1966: 70.1 years1968: 70.1 years1970: 69.9 years1972: 69.9 years1974: 70.3 years1976: 69.3 years1978: 69.3 years1980: 69.1 years1982: 69.1 years1984: 69.3 years1986: 70.1 years1988: 70.7 years1990: 69.5 years1992: 68.9 years1994: 66.5 years1996: 69.6 years1998: 69.4 years2000: 70.4 years2002: 70.9 years2004: 71.9 years2006: 72.7 years2008: 73.8 years2010: 75.4 years2012: 76.3 years2014: 77 years2016: 77.6 years2018: 78.2 years2020: 78.6 years2022: 77.8 years2024: 79.3 years
Change over the period: +10.5 (+15.34%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Estonia 79.3 years
World 73.5 years
Northern Europe computed 81.7 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 79.3 +0.5 +0.64%
2023 78.8 +0.9 +1.22%
2022 77.8 +0.9 +1.17%
2021 76.9 −1.7 −2.1%
2020 78.6 −0.1 −0.07%
2019 78.6 +0.4 +0.51%
2018 78.2 +0.2 +0.19%
2017 78.1 +0.5 +0.58%
2016 77.6 +0.1 +0.07%
2015 77.6 +0.6 +0.72%
2014 77 −0.1 −0.14%
2013 77.1 +0.8 +1.07%
2012 76.3 +0.1 +0.13%
2011 76.2 +0.8 +1.06%
2010 75.4 +0.6 +0.81%
2009 74.8 +1.1 +1.43%
2008 73.8 +1 +1.31%
2007 72.8 +0.1 +0.17%
2006 72.7 +0.1 +0.17%
2005 72.6 +0.7 +0.92%
2004 71.9 +0.6 +0.83%
2003 71.3 +0.4 +0.58%
2002 70.9 +0.6 +0.92%
2001 70.3 −0.2 −0.23%
2000 70.4 +0.4 +0.5%
1999 70.1 +0.7 +1.02%
1998 69.4 −0.5 −0.65%
1997 69.8 +0.2 +0.28%
1996 69.6 +2.1 +3.06%
1995 67.5 +1 +1.57%
1994 66.5 −1.4 −2.08%
1993 67.9 −1 −1.38%
1992 68.9 −0.5 −0.73%
1991 69.4 −0.1 −0.15%
1990 69.5 −0.6 −0.8%
1989 70 −0.7 −0.93%
1988 70.7 +0.1 +0.08%
1987 70.6 +0.6 +0.8%
1986 70.1 +0.7 +1.02%
1985 69.4 +0.1 +0.15%
1984 69.3 −0.1 −0.14%
1983 69.4 +0.2 +0.36%
1982 69.1 +0.1 +0.22%
1981 69 −0.1 −0.2%
1980 69.1 +0.1 +0.09%
1979 69.1 −0.2 −0.35%
1978 69.3 −0.2 −0.22%
1977 69.4 +0.1 +0.15%
1976 69.3 −0.4 −0.52%
1975 69.7 −0.6 −0.91%
1974 70.3 +0.1 +0.17%
1973 70.2 +0.3 +0.43%
1972 69.9 −0.2 −0.28%
1971 70.1 +0.2 +0.28%
1970 69.9 +0.1 +0.19%
1969 69.8 −0.3 −0.42%
1968 70.1 −0.4 −0.5%
1967 70.4 +0.3 +0.41%
1966 70.1 −0 −0.04%
1965 70.2 +0.1 +0.15%
1964 70.1 +0.8 +1.08%
1963 69.3 +0 +0.04%
1962 69.3 +0.2 +0.31%
1961 69.1 +0.3 +0.48%
1960 68.7

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.