Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Upper-middle-income countries

Life expectancy at birth in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 76.3 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 85.8%.

2024 76.3 years +0.14% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 76.3 years2024
Period minimum 41.1 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Upper-middle-income countries, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41.1 years1962: 52.2 years1964: 53.5 years1966: 54.5 years1968: 55.9 years1970: 57.1 years1972: 58.6 years1974: 60 years1976: 60.9 years1978: 62.5 years1980: 63.5 years1982: 64.4 years1984: 65.4 years1986: 66.2 years1988: 66.8 years1990: 67.4 years1992: 68.2 years1994: 68.9 years1996: 69.6 years1998: 70.3 years2000: 70.9 years2002: 71.5 years2004: 71.9 years2006: 72.7 years2008: 73.2 years2010: 73.9 years2012: 74.5 years2014: 75 years2016: 75.4 years2018: 75.8 years2020: 75.3 years2022: 76 years2024: 76.3 years
Change over the period: +35.2 (+85.81%) Average annual rate: 0.97 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 76.3 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.3 +0.1 +0.14%
2023 76.2 +0.2 +0.21%
2022 76 +1.2 +1.64%
2021 74.8 −0.5 −0.66%
2020 75.3 −0.7 −0.97%
2019 76 +0.2 +0.27%
2018 75.8 +0.4 +0.47%
2017 75.5 +0.1 +0.17%
2016 75.4 +0.2 +0.2%
2015 75.2 +0.2 +0.32%
2014 75 +0.2 +0.33%
2013 74.7 +0.3 +0.34%
2012 74.5 +0.3 +0.43%
2011 74.1 +0.3 +0.34%
2010 73.9 +0.3 +0.42%
2009 73.6 +0.4 +0.54%
2008 73.2 +0.2 +0.23%
2007 73 +0.3 +0.46%
2006 72.7 +0.3 +0.38%
2005 72.4 +0.5 +0.7%
2004 71.9 +0.1 +0.16%
2003 71.8 +0.3 +0.39%
2002 71.5 +0.3 +0.42%
2001 71.2 +0.3 +0.46%
2000 70.9 +0.3 +0.48%
1999 70.5 +0.2 +0.35%
1998 70.3 +0.3 +0.43%
1997 70 +0.3 +0.49%
1996 69.6 +0.4 +0.54%
1995 69.3 +0.4 +0.59%
1994 68.9 +0.3 +0.44%
1993 68.6 +0.4 +0.55%
1992 68.2 +0.3 +0.51%
1991 67.8 +0.4 +0.6%
1990 67.4 +0.2 +0.36%
1989 67.2 +0.4 +0.54%
1988 66.8 +0.3 +0.41%
1987 66.6 +0.4 +0.55%
1986 66.2 +0.4 +0.65%
1985 65.8 +0.4 +0.58%
1984 65.4 +0.4 +0.67%
1983 64.9 +0.5 +0.8%
1982 64.4 +0.5 +0.72%
1981 64 +0.5 +0.76%
1980 63.5 +0.5 +0.74%
1979 63 +0.5 +0.86%
1978 62.5 +0.6 +0.92%
1977 61.9 +1 +1.58%
1976 60.9 +0.3 +0.54%
1975 60.6 +0.6 +1.03%
1974 60 +0.6 +1.04%
1973 59.4 +0.7 +1.25%
1972 58.6 +0.7 +1.22%
1971 57.9 +0.8 +1.41%
1970 57.1 +0.6 +1.09%
1969 56.5 +0.6 +1.13%
1968 55.9 +0.6 +1.14%
1967 55.3 +0.8 +1.48%
1966 54.5 +1 +1.9%
1965 53.4 −0 −0.07%
1964 53.5 +0.6 +1.14%
1963 52.9 +0.7 +1.27%
1962 52.2 +6.7 +14.72%
1961 45.5 +4.4 +10.83%
1960 41.1

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.