Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Moldova

Life expectancy at birth in Moldova in 2024 — 71.3 years. Ranked 144 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 20%.

2024 71.3 years +0.19% vs 2023
World rank 144of 217
Period maximum 71.5 years2022
Period minimum 59.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Moldova, 1960–2024556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.4 years1962: 60.3 years1964: 61 years1966: 61.6 years1968: 62 years1970: 62.4 years1972: 62.9 years1974: 63.4 years1976: 64 years1978: 64.5 years1980: 65.2 years1982: 65.9 years1984: 66.4 years1986: 67.4 years1988: 68.2 years1990: 67.9 years1992: 66.7 years1994: 66.3 years1996: 66.2 years1998: 66.8 years2000: 67.5 years2002: 67.8 years2004: 68 years2006: 68.4 years2008: 69 years2010: 69.9 years2012: 70.3 years2014: 70.2 years2016: 70.2 years2018: 70.2 years2020: 69.9 years2022: 71.5 years2024: 71.3 years
Change over the period: +11.9 (+20.01%) Average annual rate: 0.29 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 71.3 years
World 73.5 years
Eastern Europe computed 75 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 71.3 +0.1 +0.19%
2023 71.2 −0.3 −0.49%
2022 71.5 +2.6 +3.7%
2021 69 −0.9 −1.32%
2020 69.9 −0.3 −0.38%
2019 70.2 −0.1 −0.08%
2018 70.2 −0.1 −0.2%
2017 70.4 +0.2 +0.28%
2016 70.2 +0.1 +0.09%
2015 70.1 −0.1 −0.18%
2014 70.2 −0 −0.07%
2013 70.3 −0.1 −0.08%
2012 70.3 +0.2 +0.24%
2011 70.2 +0.3 +0.43%
2010 69.9 +0.5 +0.68%
2009 69.4 +0.4 +0.59%
2008 69 +0.3 +0.47%
2007 68.7 +0.3 +0.37%
2006 68.4 +0.2 +0.33%
2005 68.2 +0.2 +0.26%
2004 68 +0.1 +0.17%
2003 67.9 +0.1 +0.16%
2002 67.8 +0.1 +0.18%
2001 67.7 +0.2 +0.31%
2000 67.5 +0.3 +0.38%
1999 67.2 +0.4 +0.55%
1998 66.8 +0.4 +0.54%
1997 66.5 +0.2 +0.36%
1996 66.2 +0 +0.05%
1995 66.2 −0.1 −0.15%
1994 66.3 −0.3 −0.51%
1993 66.7 −0.1 −0.13%
1992 66.7 −0.8 −1.19%
1991 67.6 −0.4 −0.54%
1990 67.9 −0.3 −0.37%
1989 68.2 −0 −0.03%
1988 68.2 +0.3 +0.4%
1987 67.9 +0.5 +0.78%
1986 67.4 +0.5 +0.77%
1985 66.9 +0.4 +0.68%
1984 66.4 +0.3 +0.43%
1983 66.1 +0.3 +0.44%
1982 65.9 +0.3 +0.4%
1981 65.6 +0.4 +0.62%
1980 65.2 +0.4 +0.56%
1979 64.8 +0.3 +0.52%
1978 64.5 +0.3 +0.4%
1977 64.2 +0.3 +0.41%
1976 64 +0.3 +0.42%
1975 63.7 +0.3 +0.41%
1974 63.4 +0.3 +0.41%
1973 63.2 +0.2 +0.39%
1972 62.9 +0.3 +0.41%
1971 62.7 +0.3 +0.41%
1970 62.4 +0.2 +0.37%
1969 62.2 +0.2 +0.34%
1968 62 +0.2 +0.31%
1967 61.8 +0.2 +0.37%
1966 61.6 +0.3 +0.45%
1965 61.3 +0.3 +0.51%
1964 61 +0.3 +0.57%
1963 60.6 +0.4 +0.6%
1962 60.3 +0.4 +0.66%
1961 59.9 +0.4 +0.7%
1960 59.4

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.