Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Kuwait

Life expectancy at birth in Kuwait in 2024 — 84.6 years. Ranked 4 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 42.9%.

2024 84.6 years +1.67% vs 2023
World rank 4of 217
Period maximum 84.6 years2024
Period minimum 59.2 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Kuwait, 1960–2024506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.2 years1962: 61.3 years1964: 63.3 years1966: 65.1 years1968: 66.8 years1970: 68.2 years1972: 69.1 years1974: 69.7 years1976: 70.2 years1978: 70.8 years1980: 71.5 years1982: 72.3 years1984: 73.2 years1986: 74.1 years1988: 74.9 years1990: 73.4 years1992: 76 years1994: 76 years1996: 75.9 years1998: 76 years2000: 76.2 years2002: 76.5 years2004: 76.7 years2006: 76.9 years2008: 77.2 years2010: 77.7 years2012: 78.4 years2014: 79.1 years2016: 79.7 years2018: 80.1 years2020: 78.8 years2022: 80.6 years2024: 84.6 years
Change over the period: +25.4 (+42.86%) Average annual rate: 0.56 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 84.6 years
World 73.5 years
Western Asia computed 75.8 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 84.6 +1.4 +1.67%
2023 83.2 +2.6 +3.23%
2022 80.6 +1.9 +2.35%
2021 78.7 −0 −0.03%
2020 78.8 −3.2 −3.91%
2019 82 +1.9 +2.33%
2018 80.1 +0.2 +0.24%
2017 79.9 +0.2 +0.3%
2016 79.7 +0.3 +0.38%
2015 79.4 +0.3 +0.37%
2014 79.1 +0.3 +0.43%
2013 78.7 +0.3 +0.44%
2012 78.4 +0.3 +0.44%
2011 78.1 +0.3 +0.42%
2010 77.7 +0.3 +0.38%
2009 77.4 +0.2 +0.32%
2008 77.2 +0.2 +0.23%
2007 77 +0.1 +0.16%
2006 76.9 +0.1 +0.11%
2005 76.8 +0.1 +0.1%
2004 76.7 +0.1 +0.11%
2003 76.6 +0.1 +0.15%
2002 76.5 +0.1 +0.19%
2001 76.4 +0.2 +0.21%
2000 76.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1999 76.1 +0.1 +0.15%
1998 76 +0.1 +0.08%
1997 75.9 −0 −0.02%
1996 75.9 −0.1 −0.07%
1995 76 −0.1 −0.07%
1994 76 −0 −0.02%
1993 76.1 +0 +0.06%
1992 76 +2.1 +2.83%
1991 73.9 +0.5 +0.67%
1990 73.4 −1.9 −2.51%
1989 75.3 +0.4 +0.5%
1988 74.9 +0.4 +0.56%
1987 74.5 +0.4 +0.59%
1986 74.1 +0.4 +0.61%
1985 73.6 +0.5 +0.62%
1984 73.2 +0.5 +0.62%
1983 72.7 +0.4 +0.61%
1982 72.3 +0.4 +0.59%
1981 71.8 +0.4 +0.55%
1980 71.5 +0.4 +0.51%
1979 71.1 +0.3 +0.46%
1978 70.8 +0.3 +0.42%
1977 70.5 +0.3 +0.38%
1976 70.2 +0.2 +0.35%
1975 70 +0.2 +0.35%
1974 69.7 +0.3 +0.39%
1973 69.4 +0.3 +0.47%
1972 69.1 +0.4 +0.59%
1971 68.7 +0.5 +0.75%
1970 68.2 +0.6 +0.93%
1969 67.6 +0.7 +1.09%
1968 66.8 +0.8 +1.23%
1967 66 +0.9 +1.35%
1966 65.1 +0.9 +1.45%
1965 64.2 +1 +1.52%
1964 63.3 +1 +1.59%
1963 62.3 +1 +1.65%
1962 61.3 +1 +1.7%
1961 60.2 +1 +1.74%
1960 59.2

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.