Life expectancy at birth, men in Papua New Guinea

Life expectancy at birth for men in Papua New Guinea was 63.8 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
Papua New Guinea, 2024 63.8 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 63.7 years
World, 2024 71.1 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 183rd of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, men in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New GuineaWorld
2024 63.8 years 71.1 years
2023 63.7 years 71.0 years
2022 62.9 years 70.6 years
2021 61.9 years 68.8 years
2020 62.6 years 69.7 years
2019 62.9 years 70.5 years
2018 62.7 years 70.3 years
2017 62.5 years 70.0 years
2016 62.3 years 69.8 years
2015 62.1 years 69.6 years
2014 61.9 years 69.4 years
2013 61.7 years 69.2 years
2012 61.5 years 68.9 years
2011 61.4 years 68.6 years
2010 61.2 years 68.4 years
2009 61.0 years 68.0 years
2008 60.8 years 67.7 years
2007 60.5 years 67.5 years
2006 60.3 years 67.1 years
2005 60.1 years 66.8 years
2004 60.0 years 66.5 years
2003 60.0 years 66.2 years
2002 59.9 years 65.9 years
2001 59.8 years 65.7 years
2000 59.8 years 65.4 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 63.7 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.9 years, the figure has changed by +3.1%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 183rd 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 Papua New Guinea
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