Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Lower-middle-income countries

Life expectancy at birth in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 70.1 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 49.4%.

2024 70.1 years +0.29% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 70.1 years2024
Period minimum 46.9 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.9 years1962: 47.7 years1964: 48.5 years1966: 48.4 years1968: 49.6 years1970: 50 years1972: 50.9 years1974: 51.8 years1976: 52.9 years1978: 53.9 years1980: 55 years1982: 55.9 years1984: 56.8 years1986: 57.6 years1988: 58.3 years1990: 58.9 years1992: 59.5 years1994: 60 years1996: 60.7 years1998: 61.3 years2000: 62.2 years2002: 63 years2004: 63.7 years2006: 64.5 years2008: 65.1 years2010: 66 years2012: 66.7 years2014: 67.4 years2016: 68 years2018: 68.6 years2020: 68.3 years2022: 69.6 years2024: 70.1 years
Change over the period: +23.2 (+49.38%) Average annual rate: 0.63 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 70.1 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 70.1 +0.2 +0.29%
2023 69.9 +0.3 +0.44%
2022 69.6 +2.9 +4.36%
2021 66.7 −1.6 −2.39%
2020 68.3 −0.6 −0.85%
2019 68.9 +0.3 +0.4%
2018 68.6 +0.3 +0.4%
2017 68.4 +0.3 +0.46%
2016 68 +0.3 +0.49%
2015 67.7 +0.3 +0.47%
2014 67.4 +0.3 +0.5%
2013 67.1 +0.3 +0.5%
2012 66.7 +0.4 +0.55%
2011 66.4 +0.4 +0.57%
2010 66 +0.4 +0.63%
2009 65.6 +0.5 +0.73%
2008 65.1 +0.3 +0.4%
2007 64.8 +0.4 +0.59%
2006 64.5 +0.4 +0.66%
2005 64 +0.4 +0.57%
2004 63.7 +0.4 +0.56%
2003 63.3 +0.4 +0.59%
2002 63 +0.4 +0.67%
2001 62.5 +0.4 +0.59%
2000 62.2 +0.4 +0.67%
1999 61.8 +0.4 +0.67%
1998 61.3 +0.4 +0.58%
1997 61 +0.3 +0.56%
1996 60.7 +0.3 +0.51%
1995 60.3 +0.3 +0.5%
1994 60 +0.3 +0.48%
1993 59.8 +0.3 +0.43%
1992 59.5 +0.4 +0.69%
1991 59.1 +0.2 +0.31%
1990 58.9 +0.2 +0.41%
1989 58.7 +0.4 +0.65%
1988 58.3 +0.3 +0.6%
1987 57.9 +0.4 +0.63%
1986 57.6 +0.4 +0.7%
1985 57.2 +0.4 +0.68%
1984 56.8 +0.5 +0.82%
1983 56.3 +0.5 +0.81%
1982 55.9 +0.5 +0.82%
1981 55.4 +0.4 +0.76%
1980 55 +0.5 +0.91%
1979 54.5 +0.6 +1.2%
1978 53.9 +0.5 +0.85%
1977 53.4 +0.5 +1.01%
1976 52.9 +0.5 +0.95%
1975 52.4 +0.6 +1.11%
1974 51.8 +0.4 +0.76%
1973 51.4 +0.5 +0.99%
1972 50.9 +1.8 +3.68%
1971 49.1 −0.9 −1.76%
1970 50 −0.1 −0.15%
1969 50.1 +0.4 +0.85%
1968 49.6 +0.9 +1.87%
1967 48.7 +0.3 +0.57%
1966 48.4 +0.4 +0.93%
1965 48 −0.5 −0.96%
1964 48.5 +0.4 +0.86%
1963 48.1 +0.3 +0.66%
1962 47.7 +0.4 +0.88%
1961 47.3 +0.4 +0.83%
1960 46.9

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.