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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, Low income
65.24years
period 2024
Geography
Low income (LIC)World Bank aggregate, not a continent
Observation date
2024
Unit
years
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change+0.2012improving+0.31%2023 to 2024from 65.04 to 65.24 years
10-year trend+0.63% per yearimproving+6.53%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +4 years, from 61.24 to 65.24 years
Historical series

Life expectancy at birth, Low income

Observed
4045505560657019601970198019902000201020202024YEARS65.24
65 observations, 1960 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (65 rows)
Life expectancy at birth, Low income: 65 observations from 1960 to 2024, values from 41.28 to 65.24 years. Latest 65.24 years in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (years)Source revisionIngested at
202465.23682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202365.03572026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202264.08252026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202162.91622026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202063.39852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201963.34242026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201862.88112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201762.16522026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201661.91532026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201561.47742026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201461.23552026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201361.12792026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201260.64532026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201160.02342026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201059.92282026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200959.13732026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200858.81242026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200758.19682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200657.51642026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200556.70992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200456.15252026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200355.64682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200254.58842026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200154.09782026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200053.56582026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199952.62432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199851.8612026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199751.95092026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199651.51332026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199551.36612026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199451.25842026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199351.20212026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199250.40772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199150.19152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199050.22432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198950.17072026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198849.57152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198749.43052026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198648.06922026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198547.1442026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198446.67462026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198346.80232026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198247.90452026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198147.90752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198047.75862026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197947.40732026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197847.02112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197746.87432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197646.51712026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197545.83282026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197445.53892026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197345.40962026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197244.8322026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197145.03562026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197044.78862026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196944.4392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196844.11182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196743.73832026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196642.98682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196542.94872026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196442.69212026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196342.24392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196241.98512026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196141.62712026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196041.27622026-07-132026-09-07 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
2026-07-1365.23682026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.