Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Jordan

Life expectancy at birth in Jordan in 2024 — 78 years. Ranked 71 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 48%.

2024 78 years +0.21% vs 2023
World rank 71of 217
Period maximum 78 years2024
Period minimum 52.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Jordan, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52.7 years1962: 54.6 years1964: 56.5 years1966: 57.8 years1968: 59.8 years1970: 59.8 years1972: 62.5 years1974: 63.6 years1976: 64.7 years1978: 65.6 years1980: 66.5 years1982: 67.4 years1984: 68.2 years1986: 69 years1988: 69.6 years1990: 70.1 years1992: 70.4 years1994: 70.7 years1996: 71.1 years1998: 71.5 years2000: 71.9 years2002: 72.4 years2004: 72.8 years2006: 73.2 years2008: 73.6 years2010: 73.8 years2012: 74.1 years2014: 74.6 years2016: 75.6 years2018: 76.5 years2020: 75.6 years2022: 77.1 years2024: 78 years
Change over the period: +25.3 (+48.03%) Average annual rate: 0.61 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jordan 78 years
World 73.5 years
Western Asia computed 75.8 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78 +0.2 +0.21%
2023 77.8 +0.7 +0.94%
2022 77.1 +2.9 +3.89%
2021 74.2 −1.4 −1.82%
2020 75.6 −1.3 −1.67%
2019 76.9 +0.4 +0.49%
2018 76.5 +0.4 +0.55%
2017 76.1 +0.5 +0.69%
2016 75.6 +0.5 +0.65%
2015 75.1 +0.5 +0.61%
2014 74.6 +0.3 +0.44%
2013 74.3 +0.2 +0.26%
2012 74.1 +0.2 +0.21%
2011 73.9 +0.1 +0.18%
2010 73.8 +0.1 +0.12%
2009 73.7 +0.1 +0.2%
2008 73.6 +0.2 +0.21%
2007 73.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2006 73.2 +0.2 +0.34%
2005 73 +0.2 +0.26%
2004 72.8 +0.2 +0.28%
2003 72.6 +0.2 +0.31%
2002 72.4 +0.2 +0.3%
2001 72.1 +0.2 +0.3%
2000 71.9 +0.2 +0.26%
1999 71.7 +0.2 +0.3%
1998 71.5 +0.2 +0.28%
1997 71.3 +0.2 +0.31%
1996 71.1 +0.2 +0.27%
1995 70.9 +0.2 +0.25%
1994 70.7 +0.2 +0.24%
1993 70.6 +0.2 +0.24%
1992 70.4 +0.2 +0.23%
1991 70.2 +0.1 +0.21%
1990 70.1 +0.2 +0.33%
1989 69.9 +0.3 +0.37%
1988 69.6 +0.3 +0.44%
1987 69.3 +0.3 +0.49%
1986 69 +0.4 +0.55%
1985 68.6 +0.4 +0.56%
1984 68.2 +0.4 +0.63%
1983 67.8 +0.4 +0.62%
1982 67.4 +0.4 +0.66%
1981 66.9 +0.4 +0.64%
1980 66.5 +0.4 +0.67%
1979 66 +0.4 +0.68%
1978 65.6 +0.5 +0.73%
1977 65.1 +0.5 +0.73%
1976 64.7 +0.5 +0.79%
1975 64.1 +0.5 +0.84%
1974 63.6 +0.5 +0.87%
1973 63.1 +0.6 +0.94%
1972 62.5 +0.7 +1.14%
1971 61.8 +1.9 +3.24%
1970 59.8 −0.7 −1.11%
1969 60.5 +0.7 +1.23%
1968 59.8 +0.8 +1.35%
1967 59 +1.2 +2.09%
1966 57.8 +0.4 +0.78%
1965 57.3 +0.9 +1.53%
1964 56.5 +1 +1.74%
1963 55.5 +0.9 +1.57%
1962 54.6 +1 +1.78%
1961 53.7 +1 +1.9%
1960 52.7

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.