Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Western Asia

Life expectancy at birth in Western Asia in 2024 — 75.8 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 50%.

2024 75.8 years +0.39% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 75.8 years2024
Period minimum 50.6 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Western Asia, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.6 years1962: 52.7 years1964: 53.2 years1966: 55.1 years1968: 56.3 years1970: 57.5 years1972: 58.7 years1974: 59.5 years1976: 60.1 years1978: 62 years1980: 62.6 years1982: 62.4 years1984: 64.2 years1986: 64.9 years1988: 65 years1990: 66.2 years1992: 67.7 years1994: 68.2 years1996: 68.8 years1998: 69.4 years2000: 70.2 years2002: 70.9 years2004: 71.4 years2006: 71.9 years2008: 72.7 years2010: 73.4 years2012: 73.2 years2014: 73.9 years2016: 74 years2018: 74.8 years2020: 74.2 years2022: 75.3 years2024: 75.8 years
Change over the period: +25.3 (+49.95%) Average annual rate: 0.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 75.8 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 75.8 +0.3 +0.39%
2023 75.5 +0.2 +0.33%
2022 75.3 +1.6 +2.15%
2021 73.7 −0.5 −0.62%
2020 74.2 −1 −1.37%
2019 75.2 +0.4 +0.58%
2018 74.8 +0.3 +0.42%
2017 74.4 +0.4 +0.55%
2016 74 +0.2 +0.22%
2015 73.9 −0 −0.05%
2014 73.9 +0.4 +0.51%
2013 73.5 +0.3 +0.47%
2012 73.2 −0.2 −0.25%
2011 73.4 −0 −0.03%
2010 73.4 +0.2 +0.33%
2009 73.1 +0.4 +0.55%
2008 72.7 +0.5 +0.72%
2007 72.2 +0.4 +0.51%
2006 71.9 +0.2 +0.24%
2005 71.7 +0.3 +0.41%
2004 71.4 +0.3 +0.37%
2003 71.1 +0.2 +0.28%
2002 70.9 +0.4 +0.56%
2001 70.5 +0.4 +0.55%
2000 70.2 +0.7 +0.99%
1999 69.5 +0.1 +0.14%
1998 69.4 +0.4 +0.52%
1997 69 +0.2 +0.3%
1996 68.8 +0.3 +0.51%
1995 68.5 +0.3 +0.45%
1994 68.2 +0.2 +0.25%
1993 68 +0.3 +0.43%
1992 67.7 +0.6 +0.94%
1991 67.1 +0.8 +1.27%
1990 66.2 +0.3 +0.47%
1989 65.9 +0.9 +1.39%
1988 65 −0.5 −0.73%
1987 65.5 +0.6 +0.95%
1986 64.9 +0.2 +0.34%
1985 64.6 +0.5 +0.76%
1984 64.2 +0.4 +0.67%
1983 63.7 +1.3 +2.16%
1982 62.4 −0.2 −0.35%
1981 62.6 −0 −0.02%
1980 62.6 +0.1 +0.13%
1979 62.5 +0.5 +0.79%
1978 62 +0.6 +1.01%
1977 61.4 +1.3 +2.16%
1976 60.1 +0.2 +0.34%
1975 59.9 +0.4 +0.66%
1974 59.5 +0.4 +0.65%
1973 59.2 +0.4 +0.7%
1972 58.7 +0.6 +1.05%
1971 58.1 +0.6 +1.13%
1970 57.5 +0.6 +1.04%
1969 56.9 +0.6 +1.13%
1968 56.3 +0.5 +0.97%
1967 55.7 +0.6 +1.14%
1966 55.1 +1.2 +2.2%
1965 53.9 +0.7 +1.23%
1964 53.2 +0.7 +1.26%
1963 52.6 −0.1 −0.12%
1962 52.7 +0.7 +1.3%
1961 52 +1.4 +2.79%
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.