Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Syria

Life expectancy at birth in Syria in 2024 — 72.6 years. Ranked 130 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 37.6%.

2024 72.6 years +0.61% vs 2023
World rank 130of 217
Period maximum 73.5 years2010
Period minimum 52.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Syria, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52.7 years1962: 54.6 years1964: 56.2 years1966: 57.6 years1968: 59.1 years1970: 60.6 years1972: 62 years1974: 63.4 years1976: 64.8 years1978: 65.9 years1980: 66.5 years1982: 60.8 years1984: 67.7 years1986: 68.4 years1988: 69.2 years1990: 69.8 years1992: 70.2 years1994: 70.3 years1996: 70.2 years1998: 70.2 years2000: 70.9 years2002: 71.7 years2004: 72.5 years2006: 73 years2008: 73.4 years2010: 73.5 years2012: 66.2 years2014: 65.5 years2016: 65.2 years2018: 67.4 years2020: 71.9 years2022: 72.8 years2024: 72.6 years
Change over the period: +19.8 (+37.62%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 72.6 years
World 73.5 years
Western Asia computed 75.8 years
Low-income countries computed 65.2 years
Life expectancy at birth — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 72.6 +0.4 +0.61%
2023 72.1 −0.7 −0.92%
2022 72.8 +0.4 +0.51%
2021 72.4 +0.5 +0.66%
2020 71.9 +1 +1.37%
2019 71 +3.6 +5.34%
2018 67.4 +1.7 +2.62%
2017 65.7 +0.5 +0.71%
2016 65.2 +1.9 +3.04%
2015 63.3 −2.2 −3.4%
2014 65.5 +0.3 +0.53%
2013 65.1 −1.1 −1.6%
2012 66.2 −6.1 −8.38%
2011 72.3 −1.3 −1.74%
2010 73.5 +0 +0.06%
2009 73.5 +0.1 +0.17%
2008 73.4 +0.1 +0.15%
2007 73.3 +0.2 +0.3%
2006 73 +0.2 +0.33%
2005 72.8 +0.3 +0.42%
2004 72.5 +0.3 +0.42%
2003 72.2 +0.4 +0.62%
2002 71.7 +0.4 +0.63%
2001 71.3 +0.4 +0.62%
2000 70.9 +0.3 +0.49%
1999 70.5 +0.3 +0.38%
1998 70.2 +0.1 +0.11%
1997 70.2 +0 +0%
1996 70.2 −0.1 −0.08%
1995 70.2 −0.1 −0.12%
1994 70.3 −0 −0.02%
1993 70.3 +0.1 +0.09%
1992 70.2 +0.2 +0.24%
1991 70.1 +0.2 +0.35%
1990 69.8 +0.3 +0.5%
1989 69.5 +0.3 +0.45%
1988 69.2 +0.4 +0.55%
1987 68.8 +0.4 +0.56%
1986 68.4 +0.4 +0.54%
1985 68 +0.3 +0.48%
1984 67.7 +0.4 +0.55%
1983 67.4 +6.5 +10.7%
1982 60.8 −3.8 −5.82%
1981 64.6 −1.9 −2.93%
1980 66.5 +0.3 +0.45%
1979 66.2 +0.3 +0.47%
1978 65.9 +0.5 +0.82%
1977 65.4 +0.6 +0.85%
1976 64.8 +0.7 +1.02%
1975 64.2 +0.7 +1.18%
1974 63.4 +2.6 +4.3%
1973 60.8 −1.1 −1.84%
1972 62 +0.6 +1.04%
1971 61.3 +0.7 +1.2%
1970 60.6 +0.8 +1.28%
1969 59.8 +0.7 +1.23%
1968 59.1 +1.1 +1.85%
1967 58 +0.5 +0.86%
1966 57.6 +0.6 +1.14%
1965 56.9 +0.7 +1.3%
1964 56.2 +0.8 +1.4%
1963 55.4 +0.8 +1.51%
1962 54.6 +0.9 +1.71%
1961 53.7 +0.9 +1.76%
1960 52.7

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.