Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Suriname

Life expectancy at birth in Suriname in 2024 — 73.8 years. Ranked 118 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 30.3%.

2024 73.8 years +0.17% vs 2023
World rank 118of 217
Period maximum 73.8 years2024
Period minimum 56.6 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Suriname, 1960–2024556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 56.6 years1962: 58 years1964: 58.9 years1966: 59.2 years1968: 59.3 years1970: 59.5 years1972: 59.7 years1974: 59.9 years1976: 60.2 years1978: 60.4 years1980: 60.7 years1982: 60.9 years1984: 61.2 years1986: 61.2 years1988: 61.5 years1990: 62.1 years1992: 62.2 years1994: 62.5 years1996: 63.1 years1998: 63.7 years2000: 64.4 years2002: 65.3 years2004: 66.4 years2006: 67.6 years2008: 68.9 years2010: 69.6 years2012: 70 years2014: 70.3 years2016: 71 years2018: 71.5 years2020: 72.3 years2022: 73.3 years2024: 73.8 years
Change over the period: +17.2 (+30.32%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Suriname 73.8 years
World 73.5 years
South America computed 76.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 73.8 +0.1 +0.17%
2023 73.6 +0.4 +0.51%
2022 73.3 +4.3 +6.25%
2021 68.9 −3.4 −4.67%
2020 72.3 +0.5 +0.76%
2019 71.8 +0.3 +0.43%
2018 71.5 +0.2 +0.31%
2017 71.2 +0.3 +0.38%
2016 71 +0.4 +0.58%
2015 70.6 +0.2 +0.34%
2014 70.3 +0.2 +0.31%
2013 70.1 +0.2 +0.22%
2012 70 +0.1 +0.2%
2011 69.8 +0.2 +0.28%
2010 69.6 +0.3 +0.44%
2009 69.3 +0.4 +0.65%
2008 68.9 +0.6 +0.83%
2007 68.3 +0.7 +0.98%
2006 67.6 +0.6 +0.96%
2005 67 +0.6 +0.96%
2004 66.4 +0.6 +0.89%
2003 65.8 +0.5 +0.77%
2002 65.3 +0.5 +0.7%
2001 64.8 +0.4 +0.64%
2000 64.4 +0.4 +0.58%
1999 64 +0.3 +0.52%
1998 63.7 +0.3 +0.51%
1997 63.4 +0.3 +0.49%
1996 63.1 +0.3 +0.48%
1995 62.8 +0.2 +0.38%
1994 62.5 +0.2 +0.26%
1993 62.4 +0.1 +0.22%
1992 62.2 +0.1 +0.15%
1991 62.2 +0.1 +0.1%
1990 62.1 +0.1 +0.17%
1989 62 +0.5 +0.82%
1988 61.5 +0.2 +0.27%
1987 61.3 +0.2 +0.25%
1986 61.2 −0.2 −0.32%
1985 61.4 +0.1 +0.24%
1984 61.2 +0.1 +0.23%
1983 61.1 +0.1 +0.23%
1982 60.9 +0.1 +0.23%
1981 60.8 +0.1 +0.23%
1980 60.7 +0.1 +0.21%
1979 60.5 +0.1 +0.21%
1978 60.4 +0.1 +0.21%
1977 60.3 +0.1 +0.2%
1976 60.2 +0.1 +0.2%
1975 60 +0.1 +0.2%
1974 59.9 +0.1 +0.2%
1973 59.8 +0.1 +0.18%
1972 59.7 +0.1 +0.16%
1971 59.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1970 59.5 +0.1 +0.17%
1969 59.4 +0.1 +0.17%
1968 59.3 +0.1 +0.2%
1967 59.2 −0.1 −0.1%
1966 59.2 +0.1 +0.16%
1965 59.1 +0.2 +0.39%
1964 58.9 +0.4 +0.7%
1963 58.5 +0.5 +0.82%
1962 58 +0.7 +1.28%
1961 57.3 +0.7 +1.23%
1960 56.6

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.