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Life expectancy at birth

Observed

Number of years a newborn would live if current age-specific mortality rates stayed constant throughout its life.

Ingestedfrom World BankfreshJSON export
Current value, World
73.48years
period 2024
Geography
World (WLD)
Observation date
2024
Unit
years
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change+0.1516improving+0.21%2023 to 2024from 73.33 to 73.48 years
10-year trend+0.24% per yearimproving+2.38%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +1.71 years, from 71.78 to 73.48 years
Historical series

Life expectancy at birth, World

Observed
50556065707519601970198019902000201020202024YEARS73.48
65 observations, 1960 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (65 rows)
Life expectancy at birth, World: 65 observations from 1960 to 2024, values from 50.94 to 73.48 years. Latest 73.48 years in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (years)Source revisionIngested at
202473.48182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202373.33022026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202272.9692026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202171.21612026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202072.18322026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201972.86992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201872.64422026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201772.36632026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201672.18582026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201571.96562026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201471.77642026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201371.53352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201271.26462026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201170.96882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201070.68262026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200970.38032026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200870.00432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200769.8052026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200669.4692026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200569.11142026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200468.77112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200368.51582026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200268.23142026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200167.94522026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200067.65052026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199967.31222026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199867.06662026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199766.83092026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199666.51542026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199566.20092026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199465.95862026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199365.74272026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199265.54772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199165.30392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199065.10862026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198964.95762026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198864.66642026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198764.45772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198664.11652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198563.72542026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198463.43592026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198363.13152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198262.87442026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198162.51682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198062.15152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197961.8412026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197861.39442026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197761.04152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197660.45432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197560.13082026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197459.69992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197359.29642026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197258.84442026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197158.02472026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197057.93732026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196957.68052026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196857.33572026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196756.9042026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196656.44922026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196555.92652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196456.09672026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196355.65222026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196255.28612026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196152.79722026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196050.94192026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
264 geographies have observations for this metric
World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Definition

What this measures

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. It is a period measure, not a forecast of any cohort's actual lifespan. Sources compiled by the World Bank include the UN Population Division, national statistical offices, Eurostat and the US Census Bureau.

Direction
higher is better
Geography level
world, regions, countries
Slug
life-expectancy
Human Life

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Provenance and methodologysource, series, ingestion, revisions
Classification
Observedpublished by the cited source, ingested without transformation
Source organization
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Series ID
SP.DYN.LE00.INlast fetch: ok
Source links
License and attribution
Approved with attribution
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0
Terms of use
Last source update
2026-07-13(source revision label as published by the provider)
Last ingestion
last successful runfresh
Last run
success2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
Parser version
world-bank-v2/1.0.0
Methodology version
1.0
Quality and confidence
Well established series. Values for the most recent one or two years are estimates and are revised.
Ingestion rejects values outside 10 to 130 years.
65 periods with values for this geography, 1960 to 2024.
Revisions
Values reported for the latest period (2024) by each source revision ingested. Earlier rows are never deleted; the newest ingested row is shown as current.
Source revisionValue (years)Ingested atStatus
2026-07-1373.48182026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.