Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Montenegro

Life expectancy at birth in Montenegro in 2024 — 77.9 years. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.9%.

2024 77.9 years +0.39% vs 2023
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 77.9 years2024
Period minimum 65.5 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Montenegro, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.5 years1962: 66.2 years1964: 67.2 years1966: 68.4 years1968: 69.6 years1970: 70.2 years1972: 71 years1974: 71.4 years1976: 71.8 years1978: 71.7 years1980: 72 years1982: 72.1 years1984: 72.1 years1986: 72.6 years1988: 73.2 years1990: 73.7 years1992: 73.6 years1994: 73.6 years1996: 73.4 years1998: 73.3 years2000: 73.4 years2002: 74 years2004: 74.2 years2006: 73.8 years2008: 75.1 years2010: 76 years2012: 76.3 years2014: 76.3 years2016: 76.5 years2018: 77.9 years2020: 75.9 years2022: 76.2 years2024: 77.9 years
Change over the period: +12.4 (+18.93%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Montenegro 77.9 years
World 73.5 years
Southern Europe computed 82.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Montenegro, by year Montenegro All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 77.9 +0.3 +0.39%
2023 77.6 +1.4 +1.84%
2022 76.2 +2.4 +3.2%
2021 73.8 −2.1 −2.78%
2020 75.9 −0.8 −0.98%
2019 76.7 −1.2 −1.54%
2018 77.9 +1.2 +1.56%
2017 76.7 +0.1 +0.19%
2016 76.5 −0.1 −0.08%
2015 76.6 +0.3 +0.35%
2014 76.3 −0.2 −0.2%
2013 76.5 +0.2 +0.25%
2012 76.3 +0.2 +0.29%
2011 76.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2010 76 +0.8 +1.13%
2009 75.1 +0 +0.01%
2008 75.1 +0.8 +1.07%
2007 74.3 +0.5 +0.68%
2006 73.8 −0.1 −0.19%
2005 74 −0.2 −0.3%
2004 74.2 +0.1 +0.2%
2003 74.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2002 74 +0.4 +0.52%
2001 73.6 +0.2 +0.25%
2000 73.4 +0.3 +0.35%
1999 73.1 −0.1 −0.2%
1998 73.3 −0.1 −0.08%
1997 73.3 −0.1 −0.14%
1996 73.4 −0.1 −0.16%
1995 73.6 −0 −0.03%
1994 73.6 −0.1 −0.14%
1993 73.7 +0.1 +0.1%
1992 73.6 −0.1 −0.2%
1991 73.8 +0.1 +0.1%
1990 73.7 +0.1 +0.1%
1989 73.6 +0.4 +0.56%
1988 73.2 +0.2 +0.31%
1987 73 +0.4 +0.54%
1986 72.6 +0.3 +0.48%
1985 72.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1984 72.1 −0 −0.01%
1983 72.1 +0 +0.01%
1982 72.1 +0.2 +0.25%
1981 71.9 −0.1 −0.16%
1980 72 +0.8 +1.06%
1979 71.3 −0.4 −0.6%
1978 71.7 +0.1 +0.13%
1977 71.6 −0.2 −0.32%
1976 71.8 +0.1 +0.19%
1975 71.7 +0.3 +0.42%
1974 71.4 +0 +0.06%
1973 71.4 +0.3 +0.47%
1972 71 +0.4 +0.6%
1971 70.6 +0.4 +0.58%
1970 70.2 +0.2 +0.35%
1969 70 +0.3 +0.46%
1968 69.6 +0.6 +0.82%
1967 69.1 +0.6 +0.95%
1966 68.4 +0.5 +0.78%
1965 67.9 +0.7 +1.03%
1964 67.2 +0.6 +0.9%
1963 66.6 +0.4 +0.59%
1962 66.2 +0.3 +0.44%
1961 65.9 +0.4 +0.67%
1960 65.5

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.