Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Kosovo

Life expectancy at birth in Kosovo in 2024 — 78.2 years. Ranked 67 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 60.6%.

2024 78.2 years +0.24% vs 2023
World rank 67of 217
Period maximum 78.2 years2024
Period minimum 48.4 years1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Kosovo, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.7 years1962: 48.4 years1964: 51.1 years1966: 52.5 years1968: 53.6 years1970: 54 years1972: 55.1 years1974: 56.4 years1976: 57.5 years1978: 58.8 years1980: 60.3 years1982: 60.1 years1984: 61.5 years1986: 62.5 years1988: 64.2 years1990: 66.5 years1992: 67.4 years1994: 68.6 years1996: 69.4 years1998: 68.6 years2000: 71.3 years2002: 72.2 years2004: 73.1 years2006: 73.6 years2008: 74.7 years2010: 74.6 years2012: 75.8 years2014: 76.2 years2016: 76.7 years2018: 77.1 years2020: 74.2 years2022: 77.6 years2024: 78.2 years
Change over the period: +29.5 (+60.61%) Average annual rate: 0.74 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kosovo 78.2 years
World 73.5 years
Southern Europe computed 82.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Kosovo, by year Kosovo All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78.2 +0.2 +0.24%
2023 78 +0.4 +0.53%
2022 77.6 +2.6 +3.52%
2021 75 +0.8 +1.04%
2020 74.2 −3 −3.93%
2019 77.2 +0.1 +0.17%
2018 77.1 +0 +0.02%
2017 77.1 +0.4 +0.47%
2016 76.7 +0.7 +0.95%
2015 76 −0.2 −0.2%
2014 76.2 −0.2 −0.21%
2013 76.3 +0.6 +0.77%
2012 75.8 +0.4 +0.57%
2011 75.3 +0.7 +0.96%
2010 74.6 −0.2 −0.24%
2009 74.8 +0.1 +0.11%
2008 74.7 +0.3 +0.39%
2007 74.4 +0.8 +1.08%
2006 73.6 +0.2 +0.26%
2005 73.4 +0.3 +0.42%
2004 73.1 +0.5 +0.62%
2003 72.7 +0.5 +0.62%
2002 72.2 +0.4 +0.62%
2001 71.8 +0.5 +0.65%
2000 71.3 +13.1 +22.41%
1999 58.3 −10.3 −15.04%
1998 68.6 −1.3 −1.84%
1997 69.9 +0.5 +0.73%
1996 69.4 +0.6 +0.84%
1995 68.8 +0.2 +0.27%
1994 68.6 +0.7 +0.96%
1993 67.9 +0.6 +0.84%
1992 67.4 +0.9 +1.39%
1991 66.5 −0.1 −0.08%
1990 66.5 +1.3 +1.95%
1989 65.2 +1 +1.59%
1988 64.2 +0.6 +1.02%
1987 63.6 +1 +1.65%
1986 62.5 +1.3 +2.16%
1985 61.2 −0.2 −0.4%
1984 61.5 +0.5 +0.75%
1983 61 +0.9 +1.54%
1982 60.1 −0.3 −0.49%
1981 60.4 +0.1 +0.12%
1980 60.3 +1.2 +2.03%
1979 59.1 +0.3 +0.45%
1978 58.8 +0.4 +0.73%
1977 58.4 +0.9 +1.5%
1976 57.5 +0.2 +0.4%
1975 57.3 +0.9 +1.66%
1974 56.4 +0.5 +0.83%
1973 55.9 +0.8 +1.44%
1972 55.1 −0 −0.01%
1971 55.1 +1.1 +2.09%
1970 54 +0.6 +1.14%
1969 53.4 −0.2 −0.4%
1968 53.6 +0.6 +1.05%
1967 53.1 +0.6 +1.1%
1966 52.5 +0.5 +0.9%
1965 52 +0.9 +1.73%
1964 51.1 +1 +2.04%
1963 50.1 +1.7 +3.56%
1962 48.4 −1.5 −3.02%
1961 49.9 +1.2 +2.42%
1960 48.7

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.