Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Venezuela

Life expectancy at birth in Venezuela in 2024 — 72.7 years. Ranked 129 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24.5%.

2024 72.7 years +0.22% vs 2023
World rank 129of 217
Period maximum 73.3 years2007
Period minimum 58.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Venezuela, 1960–2024556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 58.4 years1962: 59.7 years1964: 61.2 years1966: 62.9 years1968: 63.9 years1970: 64.8 years1972: 65.6 years1974: 66.2 years1976: 67.3 years1978: 68.1 years1980: 68.2 years1982: 69 years1984: 69.7 years1986: 70.5 years1988: 70.8 years1990: 71 years1992: 71.2 years1994: 71.3 years1996: 71.9 years1998: 72.4 years2000: 72.4 years2002: 72.8 years2004: 72.8 years2006: 73 years2008: 72.6 years2010: 73.1 years2012: 73.1 years2014: 72.8 years2016: 72 years2018: 72.6 years2020: 72.4 years2022: 72.6 years2024: 72.7 years
Change over the period: +14.3 (+24.49%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Venezuela 72.7 years
World 73.5 years
South America computed 76.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 72.7 +0.2 +0.22%
2023 72.5 −0.1 −0.07%
2022 72.6 +1 +1.44%
2021 71.5 −0.8 −1.15%
2020 72.4 −0.4 −0.55%
2019 72.8 +0.1 +0.17%
2018 72.6 +0.7 +1.03%
2017 71.9 −0.1 −0.14%
2016 72 −1 −1.37%
2015 73 +0.2 +0.23%
2014 72.8 −0.2 −0.33%
2013 73.1 −0 −0.01%
2012 73.1 −0 −0.01%
2011 73.1 −0 −0%
2010 73.1 +0.3 +0.42%
2009 72.8 +0.2 +0.29%
2008 72.6 −0.8 −1.05%
2007 73.3 +0.4 +0.52%
2006 73 −0.1 −0.14%
2005 73.1 +0.3 +0.44%
2004 72.8 +0.7 +0.97%
2003 72.1 −0.8 −1.05%
2002 72.8 +1.8 +2.54%
2001 71 −1.4 −1.89%
2000 72.4 +0.3 +0.42%
1999 72.1 −0.4 −0.49%
1998 72.4 −0.1 −0.16%
1997 72.6 +0.6 +0.89%
1996 71.9 +0.2 +0.29%
1995 71.7 +0.4 +0.6%
1994 71.3 −0.1 −0.14%
1993 71.4 +0.2 +0.29%
1992 71.2 +0 +0.01%
1991 71.2 +0.2 +0.29%
1990 71 +0.2 +0.22%
1989 70.8 +0 +0.06%
1988 70.8 +0.1 +0.13%
1987 70.7 +0.1 +0.21%
1986 70.5 +0.6 +0.81%
1985 70 +0.3 +0.41%
1984 69.7 +0.1 +0.19%
1983 69.5 +0.6 +0.81%
1982 69 +0.3 +0.42%
1981 68.7 +0.5 +0.76%
1980 68.2 −0 −0.07%
1979 68.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1978 68.1 +0.4 +0.56%
1977 67.7 +0.5 +0.68%
1976 67.3 +0.6 +0.87%
1975 66.7 +0.5 +0.7%
1974 66.2 +0.5 +0.73%
1973 65.7 +0.2 +0.28%
1972 65.6 +0.4 +0.57%
1971 65.2 +0.4 +0.57%
1970 64.8 +1 +1.53%
1969 63.8 −0.1 −0.11%
1968 63.9 +0.4 +0.56%
1967 63.6 +0.7 +1.04%
1966 62.9 +1 +1.59%
1965 61.9 +0.7 +1.21%
1964 61.2 +0.7 +1.1%
1963 60.5 +0.8 +1.4%
1962 59.7 +0.6 +0.93%
1961 59.1 +0.7 +1.27%
1960 58.4

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.