Life expectancy at birth, men in OECD members

Life expectancy at birth for men in OECD member countries was 77.9 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
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024 77.9 Years
Change from 2023 +0.4% 2023: 77.6 years
World, 2024 71.1 years Official aggregate

Life expectancy at birth, men in OECD members 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 OECD membersWorld
2024 77.9 years 71.1 years
2023 77.6 years 71.0 years
2022 76.9 years 70.6 years
2021 75.8 years 68.8 years
2020 76.2 years 69.7 years
2019 77.6 years 70.5 years
2018 77.4 years 70.3 years
2017 77.3 years 70.0 years
2016 77.3 years 69.8 years
2015 77.2 years 69.6 years
2014 77.3 years 69.4 years
2013 77.0 years 69.2 years
2012 76.8 years 68.9 years
2011 76.6 years 68.6 years
2010 76.3 years 68.4 years
2009 76.1 years 68.0 years
2008 75.8 years 67.7 years
2007 75.7 years 67.5 years
2006 75.4 years 67.1 years
2005 75.1 years 66.8 years
2004 75.0 years 66.5 years
2003 74.5 years 66.2 years
2002 74.4 years 65.9 years
2001 74.2 years 65.7 years
2000 73.8 years 65.4 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4% from 77.6 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 77.3 years, the figure has changed by +0.8%.
  • 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 OECD members
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