Life expectancy at birth in Greenland in 2024 — 70.3 years. Ranked 152 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 20%.
1960–2024 · years
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Greenland
| Year | years | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70.3 | −0.7 | −0.98% |
| 2023 | 71 | −0.3 | −0.36% |
| 2022 | 71.2 | −0 | −0.04% |
| 2021 | 71.3 | −0 | −0.03% |
| 2020 | 71.3 | −0.1 | −0.17% |
| 2019 | 71.4 | +0 | +0.07% |
| 2018 | 71.4 | +0.1 | +0.15% |
| 2017 | 71.3 | +0.1 | +0.08% |
| 2016 | 71.2 | +0.3 | +0.41% |
| 2015 | 70.9 | +0.4 | +0.57% |
| 2014 | 70.5 | +0.2 | +0.31% |
| 2013 | 70.3 | +0.3 | +0.47% |
| 2012 | 70 | +0.3 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 69.6 | +0.3 | +0.38% |
| 2010 | 69.3 | +0.3 | +0.46% |
| 2009 | 69 | +0.5 | +0.68% |
| 2008 | 68.6 | +0.3 | +0.43% |
| 2007 | 68.3 | +0.5 | +0.67% |
| 2006 | 67.8 | +0.5 | +0.76% |
| 2005 | 67.3 | +0.5 | +0.74% |
| 2004 | 66.8 | +0.7 | +1.04% |
| 2003 | 66.1 | +0.7 | +1.08% |
| 2002 | 65.4 | +0.4 | +0.64% |
| 2001 | 65 | +0.2 | +0.31% |
| 2000 | 64.8 | −1 | −1.56% |
| 1999 | 65.8 | −0.3 | −0.49% |
| 1998 | 66.2 | +0.4 | +0.55% |
| 1997 | 65.8 | +0 | +0.05% |
| 1996 | 65.8 | +0.1 | +0.19% |
| 1995 | 65.6 | −0.3 | −0.39% |
| 1994 | 65.9 | +0.3 | +0.48% |
| 1993 | 65.6 | +0.4 | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 65.2 | +0.2 | +0.25% |
| 1991 | 65 | −0 | −0.06% |
| 1990 | 65.1 | +0.4 | +0.62% |
| 1989 | 64.7 | +0.1 | +0.13% |
| 1988 | 64.6 | −0.1 | −0.11% |
| 1987 | 64.7 | +0.4 | +0.63% |
| 1986 | 64.2 | +0.4 | +0.65% |
| 1985 | 63.8 | +0.4 | +0.58% |
| 1984 | 63.5 | +0.2 | +0.26% |
| 1983 | 63.3 | +0.1 | +0.17% |
| 1982 | 63.2 | +0.1 | +0.19% |
| 1981 | 63.1 | −0.4 | −0.59% |
| 1980 | 63.4 | −0.5 | −0.79% |
| 1979 | 64 | +0.5 | +0.85% |
| 1978 | 63.4 | +1.6 | +2.55% |
| 1977 | 61.8 | +0 | +0.06% |
| 1976 | 61.8 | −0 | −0.04% |
| 1975 | 61.8 | −0.2 | −0.31% |
| 1974 | 62 | −0.4 | −0.68% |
| 1973 | 62.4 | −0.3 | −0.56% |
| 1972 | 62.8 | −0.3 | −0.41% |
| 1971 | 63.1 | −0.1 | −0.1% |
| 1970 | 63.1 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 1969 | 63.1 | +0.4 | +0.58% |
| 1968 | 62.8 | +0.4 | +0.68% |
| 1967 | 62.3 | +0.5 | +0.86% |
| 1966 | 61.8 | +0.4 | +0.62% |
| 1965 | 61.4 | +0.5 | +0.84% |
| 1964 | 60.9 | +0.5 | +0.75% |
| 1963 | 60.5 | +0.4 | +0.71% |
| 1962 | 60 | +0.6 | +1.01% |
| 1961 | 59.4 | +0.9 | +1.49% |
| 1960 | 58.6 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
