Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Uruguay

Life expectancy at birth in Uruguay in 2024 — 78.3 years. Ranked 65 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.7%.

2024 78.3 years +0.19% vs 2023
World rank 65of 217
Period maximum 78.4 years2020
Period minimum 67.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Uruguay, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.7 years1962: 67.9 years1964: 68.1 years1966: 68.3 years1968: 68.5 years1970: 68.7 years1972: 69.2 years1974: 69.5 years1976: 69.9 years1978: 70.3 years1980: 70.5 years1982: 71.5 years1984: 71.7 years1986: 72.2 years1988: 72.4 years1990: 73 years1992: 73.2 years1994: 73.2 years1996: 73.8 years1998: 74 years2000: 74.7 years2002: 75 years2004: 75.3 years2006: 75.9 years2008: 76.3 years2010: 76.7 years2012: 76.7 years2014: 77.2 years2016: 77.4 years2018: 77.5 years2020: 78.4 years2022: 76.5 years2024: 78.3 years
Change over the period: +10.6 (+15.67%) Average annual rate: 0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 78.3 years
World 73.5 years
South America computed 76.4 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78.3 +0.1 +0.19%
2023 78.1 +1.7 +2.18%
2022 76.5 +1 +1.37%
2021 75.4 −2.9 −3.76%
2020 78.4 +0.9 +1.13%
2019 77.5 −0 −0.03%
2018 77.5 −0.1 −0.12%
2017 77.6 +0.3 +0.35%
2016 77.4 +0.1 +0.09%
2015 77.3 +0.1 +0.12%
2014 77.2 +0.2 +0.31%
2013 77 +0.3 +0.34%
2012 76.7 +0.1 +0.1%
2011 76.6 −0.1 −0.1%
2010 76.7 +0 +0.03%
2009 76.7 +0.4 +0.52%
2008 76.3 +0.1 +0.16%
2007 76.2 +0.3 +0.35%
2006 75.9 +0.1 +0.08%
2005 75.8 +0.5 +0.68%
2004 75.3 +0.2 +0.31%
2003 75.1 +0.1 +0.14%
2002 75 −0 −0.01%
2001 75 +0.3 +0.39%
2000 74.7 +0.4 +0.54%
1999 74.3 +0.3 +0.36%
1998 74 +0.1 +0.15%
1997 73.9 +0.1 +0.15%
1996 73.8 +0.3 +0.43%
1995 73.5 +0.3 +0.45%
1994 73.2 +0 +0.02%
1993 73.1 −0 −0.05%
1992 73.2 −0 −0.02%
1991 73.2 +0.2 +0.28%
1990 73 +0.4 +0.5%
1989 72.6 +0.2 +0.3%
1988 72.4 +0.2 +0.29%
1987 72.2 +0 +0.01%
1986 72.2 +0.3 +0.45%
1985 71.9 +0.2 +0.21%
1984 71.7 +0.1 +0.16%
1983 71.6 +0.1 +0.09%
1982 71.5 +0.6 +0.81%
1981 71 +0.4 +0.63%
1980 70.5 +0.3 +0.36%
1979 70.3 −0 −0.01%
1978 70.3 +0.2 +0.26%
1977 70.1 +0.2 +0.28%
1976 69.9 +0.2 +0.26%
1975 69.7 +0.2 +0.26%
1974 69.5 +0.2 +0.25%
1973 69.3 +0.2 +0.26%
1972 69.2 +0.2 +0.35%
1971 68.9 +0.2 +0.28%
1970 68.7 +0.2 +0.22%
1969 68.6 +0.1 +0.1%
1968 68.5 +0.1 +0.16%
1967 68.4 +0.1 +0.15%
1966 68.3 +0.1 +0.15%
1965 68.2 +0.1 +0.13%
1964 68.1 +0.1 +0.13%
1963 68 +0.1 +0.16%
1962 67.9 +0.1 +0.15%
1961 67.8 +0.1 +0.19%
1960 67.7

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.