Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — OECD

Life expectancy at birth in the OECD in 2024 — 80.4 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.6%.

2024 80.4 years +0.29% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 80.4 years2024
Period minimum 67.2 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — OECD, 1960–2024657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.2 years1962: 67.6 years1964: 68.2 years1966: 68.6 years1968: 68.9 years1970: 69.3 years1972: 69.9 years1974: 70.5 years1976: 71.1 years1978: 71.7 years1980: 72.2 years1982: 72.9 years1984: 73.3 years1986: 73.7 years1988: 74.1 years1990: 74.5 years1992: 75 years1994: 75.4 years1996: 75.8 years1998: 76.4 years2000: 76.8 years2002: 77.3 years2004: 77.8 years2006: 78.3 years2008: 78.6 years2010: 79 years2012: 79.4 years2014: 79.9 years2016: 79.9 years2018: 80 years2020: 79 years2022: 79.5 years2024: 80.4 years
Change over the period: +13.2 (+19.61%) Average annual rate: 0.28 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 80.4 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 80.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2023 80.2 +0.6 +0.81%
2022 79.5 +0.9 +1.18%
2021 78.6 −0.4 −0.47%
2020 79 −1.3 −1.6%
2019 80.2 +0.2 +0.27%
2018 80 +0.1 +0.12%
2017 79.9 +0 +0.05%
2016 79.9 +0.1 +0.16%
2015 79.8 −0.1 −0.14%
2014 79.9 +0.3 +0.32%
2013 79.6 +0.2 +0.25%
2012 79.4 +0.2 +0.2%
2011 79.3 +0.2 +0.28%
2010 79 +0.2 +0.23%
2009 78.9 +0.3 +0.32%
2008 78.6 +0.1 +0.18%
2007 78.5 +0.2 +0.28%
2006 78.3 +0.3 +0.38%
2005 78 +0.1 +0.16%
2004 77.8 +0.4 +0.52%
2003 77.4 +0.1 +0.18%
2002 77.3 +0.2 +0.21%
2001 77.1 +0.3 +0.39%
2000 76.8 +0.3 +0.42%
1999 76.5 +0.1 +0.14%
1998 76.4 +0.2 +0.27%
1997 76.2 +0.3 +0.44%
1996 75.8 +0.4 +0.5%
1995 75.5 +0.1 +0.13%
1994 75.4 +0.3 +0.38%
1993 75.1 +0.1 +0.14%
1992 75 +0.3 +0.35%
1991 74.7 +0.2 +0.25%
1990 74.5 +0.2 +0.22%
1989 74.4 +0.2 +0.33%
1988 74.1 +0.1 +0.2%
1987 74 +0.3 +0.39%
1986 73.7 +0.3 +0.48%
1985 73.3 +0 +0.07%
1984 73.3 +0.3 +0.4%
1983 73 +0.1 +0.19%
1982 72.9 +0.3 +0.48%
1981 72.5 +0.4 +0.51%
1980 72.2 +0.1 +0.09%
1979 72.1 +0.4 +0.51%
1978 71.7 +0.2 +0.26%
1977 71.5 +0.4 +0.58%
1976 71.1 +0.3 +0.43%
1975 70.8 +0.3 +0.45%
1974 70.5 +0.4 +0.57%
1973 70.1 +0.2 +0.25%
1972 69.9 +0.3 +0.4%
1971 69.6 +0.3 +0.43%
1970 69.3 +0.3 +0.43%
1969 69 +0.1 +0.21%
1968 68.9 −0.1 −0.19%
1967 69 +0.4 +0.65%
1966 68.6 +0.2 +0.32%
1965 68.4 +0.1 +0.18%
1964 68.2 +0.4 +0.6%
1963 67.8 +0.2 +0.29%
1962 67.6 +0 +0.02%
1961 67.6 +0.4 +0.61%
1960 67.2

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.