Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Netherlands

Life expectancy at birth in the Netherlands in 2024 — 82 years. Ranked 37 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.7%.

2024 82 years +0.13% vs 2023
World rank 37of 217
Period maximum 82.1 years2019
Period minimum 73.3 years1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Netherlands, 1960–202472.57577.58082.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 73.4 years1962: 73.3 years1964: 73.7 years1966: 73.5 years1968: 73.6 years1970: 73.6 years1972: 73.7 years1974: 74.5 years1976: 74.6 years1978: 75.1 years1980: 75.7 years1982: 76 years1984: 76.2 years1986: 76.3 years1988: 76.9 years1990: 76.9 years1992: 77.2 years1994: 77.4 years1996: 77.4 years1998: 77.9 years2000: 78 years2002: 78.3 years2004: 79.1 years2006: 79.7 years2008: 80.3 years2010: 80.7 years2012: 81.1 years2014: 81.7 years2016: 81.6 years2018: 81.8 years2020: 81.4 years2022: 81.6 years2024: 82 years
Change over the period: +8.6 (+11.68%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Netherlands 82 years
World 73.5 years
Western Europe computed 82 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 82 +0.1 +0.13%
2023 81.9 +0.2 +0.3%
2022 81.6 +0.3 +0.37%
2021 81.3 −0 −0.06%
2020 81.4 −0.8 −0.92%
2019 82.1 +0.3 +0.37%
2018 81.8 +0.1 +0.06%
2017 81.8 +0.2 +0.25%
2016 81.6 +0.1 +0.06%
2015 81.5 −0.2 −0.24%
2014 81.7 +0.4 +0.49%
2013 81.3 +0.2 +0.25%
2012 81.1 −0.1 −0.12%
2011 81.2 +0.5 +0.62%
2010 80.7 +0.2 +0.19%
2009 80.5 +0.3 +0.37%
2008 80.3 +0.2 +0.19%
2007 80.1 +0.4 +0.5%
2006 79.7 +0.4 +0.44%
2005 79.3 +0.3 +0.32%
2004 79.1 +0.6 +0.77%
2003 78.5 +0.2 +0.26%
2002 78.3 +0.1 +0.13%
2001 78.2 +0.2 +0.26%
2000 78 +0.2 +0.19%
1999 77.8 −0 −0.06%
1998 77.9 +0.1 +0.11%
1997 77.8 +0.4 +0.46%
1996 77.4 +0 +0.04%
1995 77.4 +0 +0.04%
1994 77.4 +0.5 +0.6%
1993 76.9 −0.3 −0.39%
1992 77.2 +0.2 +0.28%
1991 77 +0.1 +0.16%
1990 76.9 +0.1 +0.19%
1989 76.7 −0.2 −0.2%
1988 76.9 +0.2 +0.24%
1987 76.7 +0.4 +0.57%
1986 76.3 −0 −0.02%
1985 76.3 +0.1 +0.07%
1984 76.2 +0.1 +0.09%
1983 76.2 +0.2 +0.23%
1982 76 +0.1 +0.07%
1981 75.9 +0.2 +0.25%
1980 75.7 +0.1 +0.18%
1979 75.6 +0.5 +0.61%
1978 75.1 −0.1 −0.1%
1977 75.2 +0.6 +0.77%
1976 74.6 +0.1 +0.2%
1975 74.5 −0 −0.05%
1974 74.5 +0.4 +0.53%
1973 74.1 +0.4 +0.57%
1972 73.7 −0.1 −0.11%
1971 73.8 +0.2 +0.3%
1970 73.6 +0 +0.06%
1969 73.5 −0.1 −0.1%
1968 73.6 −0.2 −0.26%
1967 73.8 +0.3 +0.4%
1966 73.5 −0.1 −0.08%
1965 73.6 −0.1 −0.18%
1964 73.7 +0.4 +0.5%
1963 73.3 +0 +0.02%
1962 73.3 −0.3 −0.45%
1961 73.7 +0.3 +0.35%
1960 73.4

Western Europe, 2024

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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.