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Life expectancy at birth, men in United Kingdom

Life expectancy at birth for men in United Kingdom was 79.5 years in 2024.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth, men Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Kingdom, 2024 79.5 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 79.4 years
World, 2024 71.1 years Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 79.8 years Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 40th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, men in United Kingdom 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 United KingdomWorld
2024 79.5 years 71.1 years
2023 79.4 years 71.0 years
2022 79.1 years 70.6 years
2021 78.7 years 68.8 years
2020 78.4 years 69.7 years
2019 79.6 years 70.5 years
2018 79.5 years 70.3 years
2017 79.5 years 70.0 years
2016 79.4 years 69.8 years
2015 79.2 years 69.6 years
2014 79.5 years 69.4 years
2013 79.2 years 69.2 years
2012 79.1 years 68.9 years
2011 79.0 years 68.6 years
2010 78.5 years 68.4 years
2009 78.1 years 68.0 years
2008 77.6 years 67.7 years
2007 77.4 years 67.5 years
2006 77.2 years 67.1 years
2005 77.0 years 66.8 years
2004 76.6 years 66.5 years
2003 76.3 years 66.2 years
2002 75.9 years 65.9 years
2001 75.7 years 65.7 years
2000 75.4 years 65.4 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 79.4 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 79.5 years, the figure has changed by +0.1%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, United Kingdom has the 40th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.1 years.

More for United Kingdom

All statistics for United Kingdom
Life expectancy at birth 81.4 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, women 83.3 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 81.3 years 2018 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.9 per 1,000 live births 2018 · Eurostat Practising physicians 294 per 100,000 people 2019 · Eurostat People reporting good or very good health 73.2% 2018 · Eurostat

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 United Kingdom
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