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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, High income
80.39years
period 2024
Geography
High income (HIC)World Bank aggregate, not a continent
Observation date
2024
Unit
years
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change+0.2442improving+0.30%2023 to 2024from 80.15 to 80.39 years
10-year trend+0.10% per yearimproving+1.04%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +0.8285 years, from 79.57 to 80.39 years
Historical series

Life expectancy at birth, High income

Observed
6870737578808319601970198019902000201020202024YEARS80.39
65 observations, 1960 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (65 rows)
Life expectancy at birth, High income: 65 observations from 1960 to 2024, values from 68.34 to 80.39 years. Latest 80.39 years in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (years)Source revisionIngested at
202480.39392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202380.14972026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202279.42692026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202178.79822026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202079.20412026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201980.19932026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201879.9662026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201779.85362026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201679.72432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201579.52432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201479.56542026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201379.31272026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201279.07532026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201178.92112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201078.59572026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200978.4052026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200878.05282026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200777.86312026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200677.54232026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200577.10972026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200476.98992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200376.54832026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200276.43942026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200176.31472026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200076.04182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199975.81922026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199875.79842026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199775.57172026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199675.1832026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199574.71882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199474.632026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199374.43822026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199274.60922026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199174.58242026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199074.47392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198974.37792026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198874.21362026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198774.10872026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198673.87222026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198573.46672026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198473.2972026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198373.10782026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198273.03212026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198172.68742026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198072.34122026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197972.32552026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197872.05992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197771.9282026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197671.61042026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197571.39262026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197471.20092026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197370.86392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197270.71092026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197170.50452026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197070.20252026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196969.89752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196869.83652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196769.97292026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196669.65322026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196569.44832026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196469.38522026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196368.9452026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196268.66392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196168.70932026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196068.33652026-07-132026-09-07 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 10:04 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
2026-07-1380.39392026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.