Life expectancy at birth, men in Afghanistan

Life expectancy at birth for men in Afghanistan was 64.7 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth, men Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Afghanistan, 2024 64.7 Years
Change from 2023 +0.4% 2023: 64.5 years
World, 2024 71.1 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 173rd of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, men in Afghanistan over time

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Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Life expectancy at birth, men (years), 2000 to 2024
Period AfghanistanWorld
2024 64.7 years 71.1 years
2023 64.5 years 71.0 years
2022 63.9 years 70.6 years
2021 57.1 years 68.8 years
2020 58.5 years 69.7 years
2019 59.9 years 70.5 years
2018 59.2 years 70.3 years
2017 59.4 years 70.0 years
2016 60.7 years 69.8 years
2015 60.4 years 69.6 years
2014 60.5 years 69.4 years
2013 60.5 years 69.2 years
2012 60.1 years 68.9 years
2011 59.6 years 68.6 years
2010 59.1 years 68.4 years
2009 58.7 years 68.0 years
2008 58.0 years 67.7 years
2007 57.1 years 67.5 years
2006 57.0 years 67.1 years
2005 56.9 years 66.8 years
2004 56.5 years 66.5 years
2003 55.8 years 66.2 years
2002 55.0 years 65.9 years
2001 53.9 years 65.7 years
2000 53.5 years 65.4 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4% from 64.5 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 60.5 years, the figure has changed by +7.0%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 173rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.1 years.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects