Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Timor-Leste

Life expectancy at birth in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 67.9 years. Ranked 168 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 109.6%.

2024 67.9 years +0.32% vs 2023
World rank 168of 217
Period maximum 67.9 years2024
Period minimum 22.9 years1978

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Timor-Leste, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32.4 years1962: 33.2 years1964: 34.1 years1966: 35.2 years1968: 36.2 years1970: 37.4 years1972: 38.4 years1974: 36.5 years1976: 25.9 years1978: 22.9 years1980: 30.2 years1982: 32.2 years1984: 34.5 years1986: 34.8 years1988: 36 years1990: 45.2 years1992: 46.2 years1994: 47.9 years1996: 48.3 years1998: 48.6 years2000: 58.1 years2002: 59.5 years2004: 60.7 years2006: 61.9 years2008: 62.9 years2010: 63.7 years2012: 64.4 years2014: 65 years2016: 65.6 years2018: 66.2 years2020: 66.9 years2022: 67.4 years2024: 67.9 years
Change over the period: +35.5 (+109.57%) Average annual rate: 1.16 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 67.9 years
World 73.5 years
East Asia & Pacific 76.7 years
South-Eastern Asia computed 72.1 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 67.9 +0.2 +0.32%
2023 67.7 +0.3 +0.48%
2022 67.4 +1.2 +1.77%
2021 66.2 −0.7 −1.08%
2020 66.9 +0.4 +0.64%
2019 66.5 +0.3 +0.44%
2018 66.2 +0.3 +0.46%
2017 65.9 +0.3 +0.44%
2016 65.6 +0.3 +0.43%
2015 65.3 +0.3 +0.46%
2014 65 +0.3 +0.48%
2013 64.7 +0.3 +0.52%
2012 64.4 +0.4 +0.57%
2011 64 +0.4 +0.57%
2010 63.7 +0.4 +0.62%
2009 63.3 +0.4 +0.65%
2008 62.9 +0.5 +0.74%
2007 62.4 +0.5 +0.83%
2006 61.9 +0.6 +0.99%
2005 61.3 +0.5 +0.87%
2004 60.7 +0.6 +1.02%
2003 60.1 +0.7 +1.1%
2002 59.5 +0.7 +1.2%
2001 58.8 +0.7 +1.16%
2000 58.1 +12.9 +28.4%
1999 45.2 −3.3 −6.87%
1998 48.6 −0.4 −0.79%
1997 49 +0.7 +1.47%
1996 48.3 +0.7 +1.51%
1995 47.5 −0.3 −0.66%
1994 47.9 +0.9 +1.81%
1993 47 +0.8 +1.77%
1992 46.2 +1.1 +2.47%
1991 45.1 −0.1 −0.24%
1990 45.2 +0.4 +0.87%
1989 44.8 +8.7 +24.27%
1988 36 +0.1 +0.2%
1987 36 +1.2 +3.48%
1986 34.8 +0.4 +1.23%
1985 34.3 −0.1 −0.37%
1984 34.5 +1.8 +5.43%
1983 32.7 +0.4 +1.39%
1982 32.2 +1 +3.2%
1981 31.2 +1.1 +3.48%
1980 30.2 +6 +24.92%
1979 24.2 +1.2 +5.4%
1978 22.9 −1.9 −7.81%
1977 24.9 −1 −3.82%
1976 25.9 +1.5 +6.37%
1975 24.3 −12.1 −33.3%
1974 36.5 −2.5 −6.45%
1973 39 +0.5 +1.36%
1972 38.4 +0.5 +1.41%
1971 37.9 +0.5 +1.46%
1970 37.4 +0.6 +1.52%
1969 36.8 +0.6 +1.55%
1968 36.2 +0.5 +1.51%
1967 35.7 +0.5 +1.5%
1966 35.2 +0.5 +1.5%
1965 34.7 +0.5 +1.48%
1964 34.1 +0.5 +1.43%
1963 33.7 +0.4 +1.34%
1962 33.2 +0.4 +1.28%
1961 32.8 +0.4 +1.23%
1960 32.4

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.