Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — OPEC

Life expectancy at birth in OPEC in 2024 — 66.4 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 57.6%.

2024 66.4 years +0.32% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 66.4 years2024
Period minimum 42.1 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — OPEC, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.1 years1962: 42.7 years1964: 44.1 years1966: 45.1 years1968: 45.8 years1970: 47.4 years1972: 48.8 years1974: 50.1 years1976: 52 years1978: 53.1 years1980: 54.2 years1982: 54.8 years1984: 56.1 years1986: 56.8 years1988: 57.1 years1990: 57.5 years1992: 58.7 years1994: 58.9 years1996: 59.2 years1998: 59.7 years2000: 60.5 years2002: 61.3 years2004: 62 years2006: 62.5 years2008: 63.3 years2010: 63.8 years2012: 64.2 years2014: 64.5 years2016: 64.7 years2018: 65.2 years2020: 64.3 years2022: 65.7 years2024: 66.4 years
Change over the period: +24.3 (+57.61%) Average annual rate: 0.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OPEC 66.4 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 66.4 +0.2 +0.32%
2023 66.2 +0.5 +0.71%
2022 65.7 +1.2 +1.89%
2021 64.5 +0.2 +0.24%
2020 64.3 −1 −1.56%
2019 65.4 +0.1 +0.21%
2018 65.2 +0.3 +0.4%
2017 65 +0.2 +0.35%
2016 64.7 +0 +0.03%
2015 64.7 +0.2 +0.24%
2014 64.5 +0.2 +0.24%
2013 64.4 +0.2 +0.28%
2012 64.2 +0.2 +0.36%
2011 64 +0.1 +0.21%
2010 63.8 +0.2 +0.29%
2009 63.7 +0.4 +0.56%
2008 63.3 +0.4 +0.59%
2007 62.9 +0.4 +0.64%
2006 62.5 +0.2 +0.33%
2005 62.3 +0.3 +0.56%
2004 62 +0.7 +1.11%
2003 61.3 +0 +0.01%
2002 61.3 +0.5 +0.9%
2001 60.7 +0.3 +0.42%
2000 60.5 +0.4 +0.73%
1999 60.1 +0.4 +0.6%
1998 59.7 +0.3 +0.44%
1997 59.4 +0.2 +0.36%
1996 59.2 +0.1 +0.23%
1995 59.1 +0.2 +0.33%
1994 58.9 −0 −0.02%
1993 58.9 +0.2 +0.32%
1992 58.7 +0.5 +0.85%
1991 58.2 +0.7 +1.29%
1990 57.5 −0.3 −0.56%
1989 57.8 +0.7 +1.19%
1988 57.1 −0 −0%
1987 57.1 +0.3 +0.53%
1986 56.8 +0.3 +0.54%
1985 56.5 +0.4 +0.65%
1984 56.1 +0.8 +1.42%
1983 55.4 +0.5 +0.97%
1982 54.8 +0.6 +1.19%
1981 54.2 +0 +0.01%
1980 54.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1979 54.1 +1 +1.91%
1978 53.1 +0.4 +0.67%
1977 52.7 +0.8 +1.46%
1976 52 +1.1 +2.2%
1975 50.8 +0.7 +1.44%
1974 50.1 +0.6 +1.24%
1973 49.5 +0.7 +1.54%
1972 48.8 +0.7 +1.37%
1971 48.1 +0.7 +1.5%
1970 47.4 +1 +2.05%
1969 46.4 +0.6 +1.37%
1968 45.8 +0.7 +1.61%
1967 45.1 +0 +0.04%
1966 45.1 +0.5 +1.03%
1965 44.6 +0.5 +1.08%
1964 44.1 +0.4 +0.96%
1963 43.7 +1 +2.4%
1962 42.7 +0.1 +0.29%
1961 42.5 +0.4 +1.02%
1960 42.1

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.