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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, Upper middle income
76.05years
period 2024
Geography
Upper middle income (UMC)World Bank aggregate, not a continent
Observation date
2024
Unit
years
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change+0.1271improving+0.17%2023 to 2024from 75.92 to 76.05 years
10-year trend+0.18% per yearimproving+1.81%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +1.35 years, from 74.7 to 76.05 years
Historical series

Life expectancy at birth, Upper middle income

Observed
405060708019601970198019902000201020202024YEARS76.05
65 observations, 1960 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (65 rows)
Life expectancy at birth, Upper middle income: 65 observations from 1960 to 2024, values from 42.94 to 76.05 years. Latest 76.05 years in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (years)Source revisionIngested at
202476.04512026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202375.9182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202275.72852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202174.41812026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202075.05932026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201975.74422026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201875.55122026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201775.24022026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201675.09072026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201574.93482026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201474.69522026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201374.45672026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201274.21352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201173.90812026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201073.65772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200973.31332026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200872.95512026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200772.78242026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200672.45262026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200572.2012026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200471.69812026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200371.58912026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200271.34972026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200171.05752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200070.74542026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199970.41512026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199870.16252026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199769.84552026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199669.49552026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199569.12252026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199468.73752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199368.44632026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199268.08992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199167.7562026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199067.34262026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198967.14322026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198866.76752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198766.48672026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198666.11782026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198565.70142026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198465.31822026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198364.86172026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198264.36862026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198163.9152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198063.50712026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197963.08682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197862.54412026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197762.03752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197661.13352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197560.77732026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197460.01772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197359.4792026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197258.71212026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197158.17072026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197057.41132026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196956.85812026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196856.21192026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196755.77092026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196655.03622026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196554.11762026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196454.14282026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196353.57322026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196252.98392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196146.98782026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
196042.94042026-07-132026-09-07 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
2026-07-1376.04512026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.