Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Lebanon

Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon in 2024 — 77.9 years. Ranked 72 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 21.9%.

2024 77.9 years +0.16% vs 2023
World rank 72of 217
Period maximum 78.3 years2016
Period minimum 36.4 years1976

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Lebanon, 1960–20242040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 63.9 years1962: 64.6 years1964: 65.1 years1966: 65.5 years1968: 65.8 years1970: 66 years1972: 66.2 years1974: 66.4 years1976: 36.4 years1978: 60 years1980: 59.9 years1982: 47.2 years1984: 61.2 years1986: 62 years1988: 62.9 years1990: 65.5 years1992: 71.2 years1994: 72 years1996: 72.6 years1998: 73.2 years2000: 73.9 years2002: 74.8 years2004: 75.7 years2006: 75.7 years2008: 77 years2010: 77.5 years2012: 77.9 years2014: 78.1 years2016: 78.3 years2018: 78.3 years2020: 76.3 years2022: 78 years2024: 77.9 years
Change over the period: +14 (+21.93%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 77.9 years
World 73.5 years
Western Asia computed 75.8 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 77.9 +0.1 +0.16%
2023 77.8 −0.2 −0.24%
2022 78 +4.4 +5.91%
2021 73.7 −2.6 −3.47%
2020 76.3 −1.9 −2.44%
2019 78.2 −0.1 −0.07%
2018 78.3 +0.1 +0.09%
2017 78.2 −0.1 −0.15%
2016 78.3 +0 +0.04%
2015 78.3 +0.1 +0.16%
2014 78.1 +0.1 +0.14%
2013 78 +0.1 +0.12%
2012 77.9 +0.2 +0.22%
2011 77.8 +0.2 +0.31%
2010 77.5 +0.3 +0.35%
2009 77.3 +0.3 +0.4%
2008 77 +0.2 +0.29%
2007 76.7 +1.1 +1.39%
2006 75.7 −0.4 −0.52%
2005 76.1 +0.4 +0.5%
2004 75.7 +0.4 +0.56%
2003 75.3 +0.4 +0.59%
2002 74.8 +0.5 +0.65%
2001 74.4 +0.5 +0.62%
2000 73.9 +0.4 +0.52%
1999 73.5 +0.3 +0.43%
1998 73.2 +0.3 +0.36%
1997 72.9 +0.3 +0.45%
1996 72.6 +0.2 +0.32%
1995 72.4 +0.4 +0.49%
1994 72 +0.5 +0.66%
1993 71.6 +0.4 +0.55%
1992 71.2 +0.3 +0.43%
1991 70.9 +5.4 +8.23%
1990 65.5 +0.4 +0.56%
1989 65.1 +2.2 +3.49%
1988 62.9 +0.4 +0.61%
1987 62.5 +0.5 +0.85%
1986 62 +0.4 +0.71%
1985 61.6 +0.4 +0.67%
1984 61.2 +0.4 +0.68%
1983 60.8 +13.6 +28.74%
1982 47.2 −13.1 −21.71%
1981 60.3 +0.4 +0.62%
1980 59.9 +0.4 +0.59%
1979 59.6 −0.4 −0.73%
1978 60 −0.3 −0.56%
1977 60.3 +23.9 +65.58%
1976 36.4 −21.3 −36.9%
1975 57.7 −8.7 −13.05%
1974 66.4 +0.1 +0.17%
1973 66.3 +0.1 +0.15%
1972 66.2 +0.1 +0.12%
1971 66.1 +0.1 +0.15%
1970 66 +0.1 +0.15%
1969 65.9 +0.1 +0.18%
1968 65.8 +0.1 +0.19%
1967 65.7 +0.2 +0.26%
1966 65.5 +0.2 +0.29%
1965 65.3 +0.2 +0.33%
1964 65.1 +0.2 +0.35%
1963 64.9 +0.3 +0.44%
1962 64.6 +0.3 +0.51%
1961 64.3 +0.3 +0.53%
1960 63.9

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.