Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Thailand

Life expectancy at birth in Thailand in 2024 — 76.6 years. Ranked 90 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 51.3%.

2024 76.6 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank 90of 217
Period maximum 77.6 years2021
Period minimum 50.6 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Thailand, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.6 years1962: 51.4 years1964: 52.5 years1966: 53.7 years1968: 55 years1970: 56.5 years1972: 57.7 years1974: 59 years1976: 60.4 years1978: 61.3 years1980: 62.2 years1982: 63.6 years1984: 65.6 years1986: 67.3 years1988: 68.2 years1990: 68.9 years1992: 69.4 years1994: 69.7 years1996: 69.9 years1998: 70.7 years2000: 71.2 years2002: 71.8 years2004: 72.1 years2006: 73.3 years2008: 74.2 years2010: 75 years2012: 75.6 years2014: 76.3 years2016: 76.8 years2018: 77.2 years2020: 77.3 years2022: 75.3 years2024: 76.6 years
Change over the period: +26 (+51.29%) Average annual rate: 0.65 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Thailand 76.6 years
World 73.5 years
East Asia & Pacific 76.7 years
South-Eastern Asia computed 72.1 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.6 +0.2 +0.2%
2023 76.4 +1.1 +1.49%
2022 75.3 −2.3 −2.98%
2021 77.6 +0.3 +0.36%
2020 77.3 +0.1 +0.17%
2019 77.2 +0 +0.01%
2018 77.2 +0.2 +0.26%
2017 77 +0.2 +0.29%
2016 76.8 +0.2 +0.27%
2015 76.6 +0.3 +0.37%
2014 76.3 +0.3 +0.42%
2013 76 +0.4 +0.49%
2012 75.6 +0.3 +0.38%
2011 75.3 +0.3 +0.39%
2010 75 +0.3 +0.46%
2009 74.7 +0.4 +0.6%
2008 74.2 +0.4 +0.6%
2007 73.8 +0.4 +0.6%
2006 73.3 +0.4 +0.61%
2005 72.9 +0.8 +1.1%
2004 72.1 −0 −0%
2003 72.1 +0.3 +0.45%
2002 71.8 +0.3 +0.36%
2001 71.5 +0.3 +0.44%
2000 71.2 +0.2 +0.32%
1999 71 +0.3 +0.39%
1998 70.7 +0.3 +0.48%
1997 70.4 +0.4 +0.6%
1996 69.9 +0.2 +0.26%
1995 69.8 +0.1 +0.14%
1994 69.7 +0.1 +0.13%
1993 69.6 +0.2 +0.31%
1992 69.4 +0.2 +0.32%
1991 69.1 +0.2 +0.3%
1990 68.9 +0.4 +0.54%
1989 68.6 +0.4 +0.53%
1988 68.2 +0.4 +0.53%
1987 67.8 +0.5 +0.78%
1986 67.3 +0.8 +1.15%
1985 66.5 +1 +1.51%
1984 65.6 +1.1 +1.63%
1983 64.5 +0.9 +1.41%
1982 63.6 +0.7 +1.19%
1981 62.9 +0.7 +1.08%
1980 62.2 +0.5 +0.79%
1979 61.7 +0.4 +0.7%
1978 61.3 +0.4 +0.59%
1977 60.9 +0.5 +0.89%
1976 60.4 +0.7 +1.1%
1975 59.7 +0.7 +1.16%
1974 59 +0.7 +1.21%
1973 58.3 +0.6 +1%
1972 57.7 +0.6 +1.13%
1971 57.1 +0.6 +1.12%
1970 56.5 +0.8 +1.37%
1969 55.7 +0.7 +1.32%
1968 55 +0.7 +1.22%
1967 54.3 +0.6 +1.09%
1966 53.7 +0.6 +1.13%
1965 53.1 +0.6 +1.13%
1964 52.5 +0.6 +1.06%
1963 52 +0.5 +1.06%
1962 51.4 +0.4 +0.74%
1961 51.1 +0.5 +0.9%
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.