Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Melanesia

Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia in 2024 — 67 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 39.3%.

2024 67 years +0.19% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 67 years2024
Period minimum 48.1 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Melanesia, 1960–202445505560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.1 years1962: 49.1 years1964: 50.6 years1966: 51.9 years1968: 53.1 years1970: 54.2 years1972: 55.1 years1974: 56.1 years1976: 57.2 years1978: 58.2 years1980: 58.9 years1982: 59.5 years1984: 60.1 years1986: 60.6 years1988: 61.1 years1990: 61.5 years1992: 61.9 years1994: 62.3 years1996: 62.6 years1998: 62.2 years2000: 63 years2002: 63 years2004: 63.1 years2006: 63.3 years2008: 63.7 years2010: 64.2 years2012: 64.6 years2014: 65.2 years2016: 65.6 years2018: 66 years2020: 65.9 years2022: 66.2 years2024: 67 years
Change over the period: +18.9 (+39.32%) Average annual rate: 0.52 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 67 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 67 +0.1 +0.19%
2023 66.9 +0.7 +1.13%
2022 66.2 +1.1 +1.62%
2021 65.1 −0.8 −1.17%
2020 65.9 −0.3 −0.42%
2019 66.2 +0.2 +0.27%
2018 66 +0.2 +0.23%
2017 65.8 +0.2 +0.34%
2016 65.6 +0.2 +0.32%
2015 65.4 +0.2 +0.36%
2014 65.2 +0.2 +0.34%
2013 64.9 +0.3 +0.47%
2012 64.6 +0.1 +0.19%
2011 64.5 +0.3 +0.44%
2010 64.2 +0.3 +0.44%
2009 64 +0.2 +0.33%
2008 63.7 +0.3 +0.43%
2007 63.5 +0.1 +0.22%
2006 63.3 +0.1 +0.2%
2005 63.2 +0.1 +0.12%
2004 63.1 +0.1 +0.1%
2003 63.1 +0.1 +0.15%
2002 63 −0.1 −0.13%
2001 63.1 +0 +0.06%
2000 63 +0 +0.06%
1999 63 +0.8 +1.33%
1998 62.2 −0.6 −0.95%
1997 62.8 +0.2 +0.26%
1996 62.6 +0.1 +0.2%
1995 62.5 +0.2 +0.29%
1994 62.3 +0.2 +0.38%
1993 62.1 +0.2 +0.28%
1992 61.9 +0.2 +0.38%
1991 61.7 +0.2 +0.31%
1990 61.5 +0.1 +0.18%
1989 61.3 +0.2 +0.41%
1988 61.1 +0.3 +0.43%
1987 60.8 +0.3 +0.44%
1986 60.6 +0.1 +0.25%
1985 60.4 +0.3 +0.53%
1984 60.1 +0.3 +0.51%
1983 59.8 +0.3 +0.54%
1982 59.5 +0.3 +0.47%
1981 59.2 +0.3 +0.52%
1980 58.9 +0.4 +0.66%
1979 58.5 +0.3 +0.5%
1978 58.2 +0.5 +0.86%
1977 57.7 +0.5 +0.92%
1976 57.2 +0.6 +1.13%
1975 56.6 +0.4 +0.79%
1974 56.1 +0.6 +1.07%
1973 55.5 +0.4 +0.68%
1972 55.1 +0.5 +1%
1971 54.6 +0.4 +0.79%
1970 54.2 +0.6 +1.09%
1969 53.6 +0.5 +0.95%
1968 53.1 +0.6 +1.16%
1967 52.5 +0.6 +1.09%
1966 51.9 +0.6 +1.15%
1965 51.3 +0.7 +1.32%
1964 50.6 +0.6 +1.27%
1963 50 +0.9 +1.8%
1962 49.1 +0.4 +0.78%
1961 48.7 +0.6 +1.28%
1960 48.1

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.