Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — NATO

Life expectancy at birth in NATO in 2024 — 80.3 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.9%.

2024 80.3 years +0.36% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 80.3 years2024
Period minimum 68.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — NATO, 1960–2024657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68.7 years1962: 68.9 years1964: 69.5 years1966: 69.8 years1968: 69.8 years1970: 70.2 years1972: 70.7 years1974: 71.2 years1976: 71.7 years1978: 72.2 years1980: 72.6 years1982: 73.2 years1984: 73.6 years1986: 73.8 years1988: 74.2 years1990: 74.5 years1992: 75 years1994: 75.3 years1996: 75.7 years1998: 76.2 years2000: 76.6 years2002: 77 years2004: 77.6 years2006: 78 years2008: 78.5 years2010: 79 years2012: 79.4 years2014: 79.9 years2016: 79.8 years2018: 79.9 years2020: 78.9 years2022: 79.3 years2024: 80.3 years
Change over the period: +11.6 (+16.91%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 80.3 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 80.3 +0.3 +0.36%
2023 80 +0.7 +0.83%
2022 79.3 +0.7 +0.95%
2021 78.6 −0.3 −0.44%
2020 78.9 −1.2 −1.54%
2019 80.2 +0.2 +0.28%
2018 79.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2017 79.8 +0 +0.03%
2016 79.8 +0.1 +0.18%
2015 79.6 −0.2 −0.26%
2014 79.9 +0.3 +0.33%
2013 79.6 +0.2 +0.25%
2012 79.4 +0.1 +0.13%
2011 79.3 +0.3 +0.38%
2010 79 +0.2 +0.29%
2009 78.8 +0.3 +0.38%
2008 78.5 +0.2 +0.2%
2007 78.3 +0.3 +0.32%
2006 78 +0.3 +0.4%
2005 77.7 +0.1 +0.16%
2004 77.6 +0.5 +0.59%
2003 77.2 +0.1 +0.14%
2002 77 +0.1 +0.16%
2001 76.9 +0.3 +0.37%
2000 76.6 +0.3 +0.4%
1999 76.3 +0.1 +0.14%
1998 76.2 +0.2 +0.29%
1997 76 +0.3 +0.43%
1996 75.7 +0.3 +0.42%
1995 75.4 +0.1 +0.13%
1994 75.3 +0.3 +0.35%
1993 75 +0 +0.03%
1992 75 +0.3 +0.39%
1991 74.7 +0.2 +0.21%
1990 74.5 +0.1 +0.19%
1989 74.4 +0.2 +0.27%
1988 74.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1987 74.1 +0.2 +0.31%
1986 73.8 +0.2 +0.27%
1985 73.6 +0.1 +0.07%
1984 73.6 +0.2 +0.33%
1983 73.3 +0.1 +0.14%
1982 73.2 +0.3 +0.41%
1981 72.9 +0.4 +0.49%
1980 72.6 +0 +0.02%
1979 72.6 +0.3 +0.45%
1978 72.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1977 72.1 +0.4 +0.53%
1976 71.7 +0.3 +0.36%
1975 71.5 +0.2 +0.32%
1974 71.2 +0.4 +0.57%
1973 70.8 +0.2 +0.23%
1972 70.7 +0.2 +0.34%
1971 70.4 +0.2 +0.3%
1970 70.2 +0.4 +0.51%
1969 69.9 +0.1 +0.12%
1968 69.8 −0.2 −0.27%
1967 70 +0.2 +0.25%
1966 69.8 +0.2 +0.27%
1965 69.6 +0.1 +0.14%
1964 69.5 +0.4 +0.65%
1963 69.1 +0.2 +0.24%
1962 68.9 −0.1 −0.15%
1961 69 +0.4 +0.52%
1960 68.7

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.