Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Dataset SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN published by World Bank, World Development Indicators. This page describes the source table. The measures below are the specific selections this site takes from it.

About the source table

Publisher: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Original producer: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Code: SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN
Last update by provider: 8 October 2026
Last checked here: 9 November 2026
Licence (series metadata): CC BY-4.0
Source note: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT)

Definition published with the series

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Measures taken from this dataset

Measure	Fixed selection	Unit
Life expectancy at birth, men	SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN	years