Life expectancy at birth, men in World

Life expectancy at birth for men in the world was 71.1 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
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 71.1 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 71.0 years
European Union, 2024 79.0 years Official aggregate

Life expectancy at birth, men 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.

Life expectancy at birth, men (years), 2000 to 2024
Period WorldEuropean Union
2024 71.1 years 79.0 years
2023 71.0 years 78.8 years
2022 70.6 years 78.1 years
2021 68.8 years 77.6 years
2020 69.7 years 77.7 years
2019 70.5 years 78.7 years
2018 70.3 years 78.4 years
2017 70.0 years 78.3 years
2016 69.8 years 78.2 years
2015 69.6 years 77.8 years
2014 69.4 years 78.1 years
2013 69.2 years 77.6 years
2012 68.9 years 77.3 years
2011 68.6 years 77.2 years
2010 68.4 years 76.7 years
2009 68.0 years 76.4 years
2008 67.7 years 76.1 years
2007 67.5 years 75.8 years
2006 67.1 years 75.6 years
2005 66.8 years 75.2 years
2004 66.5 years 75.0 years
2003 66.2 years 74.5 years
2002 65.9 years 74.3 years
2001 65.7 years 74.2 years
2000 65.4 years 73.8 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 71.0 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 69.4 years, the figure has changed by +2.5%.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 79.0 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.MA.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for World
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