Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Peru

Life expectancy at birth in Peru in 2024 — 77.9 years. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 54%.

2024 77.9 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 77.9 years2024
Period minimum 47.7 years1970

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Peru, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.6 years1962: 51.5 years1964: 53.3 years1966: 54.4 years1968: 55.4 years1970: 47.7 years1972: 57 years1974: 57.8 years1976: 58.6 years1978: 59.3 years1980: 60 years1982: 60.6 years1984: 61.1 years1986: 62.2 years1988: 63 years1990: 64 years1992: 65 years1994: 66.5 years1996: 67.9 years1998: 68.7 years2000: 69.8 years2002: 70.8 years2004: 71.4 years2006: 72.3 years2008: 72.7 years2010: 72.9 years2012: 74 years2014: 75.3 years2016: 76 years2018: 76 years2020: 73.8 years2022: 76.8 years2024: 77.9 years
Change over the period: +27.3 (+54.04%) Average annual rate: 0.68 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Peru 77.9 years
World 73.5 years
South America computed 76.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 77.9 +0.2 +0.26%
2023 77.7 +0.9 +1.18%
2022 76.8 +5.2 +7.32%
2021 71.6 −2.2 −3.03%
2020 73.8 −2.4 −3.2%
2019 76.3 +0.3 +0.34%
2018 76 +0.1 +0.08%
2017 76 +0 +0.01%
2016 76 +0.2 +0.29%
2015 75.7 +0.5 +0.63%
2014 75.3 +0.7 +0.9%
2013 74.6 +0.6 +0.83%
2012 74 +0.7 +0.89%
2011 73.3 +0.4 +0.61%
2010 72.9 +0.3 +0.35%
2009 72.6 −0.1 −0.15%
2008 72.7 −0 −0%
2007 72.7 +0.4 +0.57%
2006 72.3 +0.3 +0.48%
2005 72 +0.5 +0.76%
2004 71.4 +0.2 +0.24%
2003 71.3 +0.5 +0.65%
2002 70.8 +0.5 +0.71%
2001 70.3 +0.5 +0.71%
2000 69.8 +0.5 +0.75%
1999 69.3 +0.6 +0.84%
1998 68.7 +0.4 +0.59%
1997 68.3 +0.5 +0.7%
1996 67.9 +0.6 +0.94%
1995 67.2 +0.7 +1.02%
1994 66.5 +0.8 +1.24%
1993 65.7 +0.7 +1.08%
1992 65 +0.8 +1.22%
1991 64.2 +0.3 +0.42%
1990 64 +0.6 +0.91%
1989 63.4 +0.4 +0.65%
1988 63 +0.5 +0.72%
1987 62.5 +0.4 +0.63%
1986 62.2 +0.4 +0.72%
1985 61.7 +0.6 +1.05%
1984 61.1 +0.3 +0.5%
1983 60.8 +0.2 +0.34%
1982 60.6 +0.2 +0.39%
1981 60.3 +0.3 +0.57%
1980 60 +0.4 +0.6%
1979 59.6 +0.4 +0.61%
1978 59.3 +0.4 +0.62%
1977 58.9 +0.3 +0.55%
1976 58.6 +0.4 +0.63%
1975 58.2 +0.4 +0.75%
1974 57.8 +0.4 +0.76%
1973 57.3 +0.3 +0.6%
1972 57 +0.5 +0.88%
1971 56.5 +8.8 +18.36%
1970 47.7 −8.1 −14.49%
1969 55.8 +0.4 +0.78%
1968 55.4 +0.5 +0.89%
1967 54.9 +0.5 +0.91%
1966 54.4 +0.5 +0.98%
1965 53.9 +0.6 +1.07%
1964 53.3 +0.7 +1.34%
1963 52.6 +1.1 +2.07%
1962 51.5 +0.3 +0.66%
1961 51.2 +0.6 +1.18%
1960 50.6

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.