HUMANITYVECTOR
Menu

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, Lower middle income
69.52years
period 2024
Geography
Lower middle income (LMC)World Bank aggregate, not a continent
Observation date
2024
Unit
years
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change+0.1961improving+0.28%2023 to 2024from 69.33 to 69.52 years
10-year trend+0.42% per yearimproving+4.32%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +2.88 years, from 66.65 to 69.52 years
Historical series

Life expectancy at birth, Lower middle income

Observed
4045505560657019601970198019902000201020202024YEARS69.52
65 observations, 1960 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (65 rows)
Life expectancy at birth, Lower middle income: 65 observations from 1960 to 2024, values from 44.75 to 69.52 years. Latest 69.52 years in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (years)Source revisionIngested at
202469.52432026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202369.32822026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202269.03022026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202166.00712026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202067.62112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201968.23632026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201867.94142026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201767.62392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201667.30852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201566.97132026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201466.64782026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201366.28882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201265.93122026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201165.54482026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201065.08812026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200964.76222026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200864.23242026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200763.97652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200663.58082026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200563.11022026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200462.75882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200362.35692026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200261.92682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200161.44682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200061.06762026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199960.6212026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199860.19132026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199759.84662026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199659.50122026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199559.18452026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199458.8542026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199358.54192026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199258.26012026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199157.82732026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199057.68612026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198957.38072026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198857.01642026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198756.66152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198656.29892026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198555.88342026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198455.48822026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198355.0532026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198254.56532026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198154.09992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198053.57582026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197952.99622026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197852.33612026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197751.79442026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197651.22042026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197550.72472026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197450.36472026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197349.87112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197249.45352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197147.19722026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197048.26422026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196948.3492026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196847.97712026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196746.72342026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196646.40112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196545.88762026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196446.42852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196345.98282026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196245.61522026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196145.13332026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196044.74862026-07-132026-09-07 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

Related metrics

All Human Life metrics

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
2026-07-1369.52432026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.