Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Guatemala

Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala in 2024 — 72.7 years. Ranked 128 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 59%.

2024 72.7 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank 128of 217
Period maximum 72.7 years2024
Period minimum 45.8 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Guatemala, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 45.8 years1962: 46.5 years1964: 47.1 years1966: 47.5 years1968: 47.8 years1970: 48.5 years1972: 51.8 years1974: 53 years1976: 47.6 years1978: 56.4 years1980: 55.3 years1982: 48.9 years1984: 59.1 years1986: 60.3 years1988: 61.5 years1990: 61.8 years1992: 62 years1994: 63 years1996: 64.5 years1998: 66 years2000: 67.1 years2002: 67.8 years2004: 68.2 years2006: 68.8 years2008: 69.5 years2010: 69.9 years2012: 70.7 years2014: 70.9 years2016: 71.2 years2018: 71.5 years2020: 70 years2022: 71.2 years2024: 72.7 years
Change over the period: +27 (+58.97%) Average annual rate: 0.73 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Guatemala 72.7 years
World 73.5 years
Central America computed 75 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 72.7 +0.1 +0.2%
2023 72.6 +1.4 +1.96%
2022 71.2 +3.3 +4.93%
2021 67.9 −2.1 −3.02%
2020 70 −1.7 −2.33%
2019 71.6 +0.1 +0.2%
2018 71.5 −0.1 −0.12%
2017 71.6 +0.4 +0.52%
2016 71.2 +0.3 +0.42%
2015 70.9 −0 −0.04%
2014 70.9 +0.1 +0.09%
2013 70.9 +0.2 +0.22%
2012 70.7 +0.4 +0.57%
2011 70.3 +0.4 +0.62%
2010 69.9 +0.2 +0.3%
2009 69.7 +0.2 +0.26%
2008 69.5 +0.2 +0.28%
2007 69.3 +0.5 +0.74%
2006 68.8 +0.6 +0.91%
2005 68.2 −0.1 −0.11%
2004 68.2 +0 +0.06%
2003 68.2 +0.4 +0.54%
2002 67.8 +0.4 +0.59%
2001 67.4 +0.3 +0.5%
2000 67.1 +0.5 +0.7%
1999 66.6 +0.7 +1.01%
1998 66 +0.7 +1.1%
1997 65.2 +0.7 +1.1%
1996 64.5 +0.9 +1.38%
1995 63.7 +0.6 +1.01%
1994 63 +0.6 +0.94%
1993 62.4 +0.5 +0.73%
1992 62 +0.1 +0.11%
1991 61.9 +0.2 +0.26%
1990 61.8 +0 +0.04%
1989 61.7 +0.2 +0.34%
1988 61.5 +0.5 +0.9%
1987 61 +0.6 +1.08%
1986 60.3 +0.6 +0.92%
1985 59.8 +0.7 +1.21%
1984 59.1 +1.2 +2%
1983 57.9 +9.1 +18.52%
1982 48.9 −5.8 −10.69%
1981 54.7 −0.6 −1.06%
1980 55.3 −1.3 −2.3%
1979 56.6 +0.2 +0.33%
1978 56.4 +1.2 +2.23%
1977 55.2 +7.6 +15.89%
1976 47.6 −5.2 −9.87%
1975 52.8 −0.2 −0.36%
1974 53 +0.2 +0.33%
1973 52.8 +1 +1.99%
1972 51.8 +1.5 +3.07%
1971 50.3 +1.8 +3.65%
1970 48.5 +1 +2.07%
1969 47.5 −0.2 −0.5%
1968 47.8 +0 +0.06%
1967 47.7 +0.2 +0.45%
1966 47.5 +0.3 +0.69%
1965 47.2 +0.1 +0.28%
1964 47.1 +0.4 +0.93%
1963 46.6 +0.1 +0.28%
1962 46.5 +0.4 +0.81%
1961 46.1 +0.4 +0.79%
1960 45.8

Central America, 2024

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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.