Life expectancy at birth in World
Life expectancy at birth in the world was 73.5 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
73.5
Change from 2023
+0.2%
European Union, 2024
81.6 years
Life expectancy at birth in World 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.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.5 years | 81.6 years |
| 2023 | 73.3 years | 81.4 years |
| 2022 | 73.0 years | 80.7 years |
| 2021 | 71.2 years | 80.3 years |
| 2020 | 72.2 years | 80.4 years |
| 2019 | 72.9 years | 81.3 years |
| 2018 | 72.6 years | 81.0 years |
| 2017 | 72.4 years | 80.9 years |
| 2016 | 72.2 years | 81.0 years |
| 2015 | 72.0 years | 80.6 years |
| 2014 | 71.8 years | 80.9 years |
| 2013 | 71.5 years | 80.5 years |
| 2012 | 71.3 years | 80.2 years |
| 2011 | 71.0 years | 80.1 years |
| 2010 | 70.7 years | 79.6 years |
| 2009 | 70.4 years | 79.4 years |
| 2008 | 70.0 years | 79.1 years |
| 2007 | 69.8 years | 78.9 years |
| 2006 | 69.5 years | 78.7 years |
| 2005 | 69.1 years | 78.3 years |
| 2004 | 68.8 years | 78.1 years |
| 2003 | 68.5 years | 77.6 years |
| 2002 | 68.2 years | 77.5 years |
| 2001 | 67.9 years | 77.4 years |
| 2000 | 67.7 years | 77.1 years |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 73.3 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 71.8 years, the figure has changed by +2.4%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 81.6 years.
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All statistics for World
Life expectancy at birth, women
76.0 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
71.1 years
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Health spending share of GDP
10.1%
2023 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
37.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Infant mortality rate
27.7 per 1,000 live births
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Maternal mortality ratio
197 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank