Life expectancy at birth in Qatar

Life expectancy at birth in Qatar was 82.5 years in 2024.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Qatar, 2024 82.5 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 82.4 years
World, 2024 73.5 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 27th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth in Qatar 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 QatarWorld
2024 82.5 years 73.5 years
2023 82.4 years 73.3 years
2022 81.9 years 73.0 years
2021 81.1 years 71.2 years
2020 80.4 years 72.2 years
2019 82.9 years 72.9 years
2018 82.7 years 72.6 years
2017 82.5 years 72.4 years
2016 82.1 years 72.2 years
2015 81.8 years 72.0 years
2014 81.4 years 71.8 years
2013 81.0 years 71.5 years
2012 80.5 years 71.3 years
2011 80.0 years 71.0 years
2010 79.4 years 70.7 years
2009 78.8 years 70.4 years
2008 78.3 years 70.0 years
2007 77.7 years 69.8 years
2006 77.3 years 69.5 years
2005 76.9 years 69.1 years
2004 76.5 years 68.8 years
2003 76.1 years 68.5 years
2002 75.8 years 68.2 years
2001 75.5 years 67.9 years
2000 75.3 years 67.7 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 82.4 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 81.4 years, the figure has changed by +1.4%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Qatar has the 27th 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 Qatar
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