Life expectancy at birth in Morocco

Life expectancy at birth in Morocco was 75.5 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Morocco, 2024 75.5 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 75.3 years
World, 2024 73.5 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 103rd of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth in Morocco 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 MoroccoWorld
2024 75.5 years 73.5 years
2023 75.3 years 73.3 years
2022 75.2 years 73.0 years
2021 73.4 years 71.2 years
2020 73.1 years 72.2 years
2019 74.2 years 72.9 years
2018 73.9 years 72.6 years
2017 73.6 years 72.4 years
2016 73.2 years 72.2 years
2015 72.9 years 72.0 years
2014 72.5 years 71.8 years
2013 72.1 years 71.5 years
2012 71.7 years 71.3 years
2011 71.3 years 71.0 years
2010 70.8 years 70.7 years
2009 70.5 years 70.4 years
2008 70.1 years 70.0 years
2007 69.6 years 69.8 years
2006 69.2 years 69.5 years
2005 68.7 years 69.1 years
2004 68.3 years 68.8 years
2003 68.0 years 68.5 years
2002 67.6 years 68.2 years
2001 67.2 years 67.9 years
2000 66.8 years 67.7 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 75.3 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 72.5 years, the figure has changed by +4.1%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Morocco has the 103rd 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 Morocco
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