Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon

Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 77.9 years in 2024.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2024 77.9 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 77.8 years
World, 2024 73.5 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 72nd of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon 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 (UN estimates) (years), 2000 to 2024
Period LebanonWorld
2024 77.9 years 73.5 years
2023 77.8 years 73.3 years
2022 78.0 years 73.0 years
2021 73.7 years 71.2 years
2020 76.3 years 72.2 years
2019 78.2 years 72.9 years
2018 78.3 years 72.6 years
2017 78.2 years 72.4 years
2016 78.3 years 72.2 years
2015 78.3 years 72.0 years
2014 78.1 years 71.8 years
2013 78.0 years 71.5 years
2012 77.9 years 71.3 years
2011 77.8 years 71.0 years
2010 77.5 years 70.7 years
2009 77.3 years 70.4 years
2008 77.0 years 70.0 years
2007 76.7 years 69.8 years
2006 75.7 years 69.5 years
2005 76.1 years 69.1 years
2004 75.7 years 68.8 years
2003 75.3 years 68.5 years
2002 74.8 years 68.2 years
2001 74.4 years 67.9 years
2000 73.9 years 67.7 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 77.8 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 78.1 years, the figure has changed by −0.3%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Lebanon has the 72nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.5 years.

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.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Lebanon
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