Life expectancy at birth, male in Montenegro

Montenegro: Life expectancy at birth, male was 75.5 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
75.5 years
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
68th
of 217 countries
All-time high
75.5 years
in 2024
All-time low
63.94 years
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Life expectancy at birth, male in Montenegro, 1960–2024

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, male in Montenegro is 75.5 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Montenegro peaked at 75.5 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.94 years, in 1960.

Montenegro ranks 68th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Life expectancy at birth, male in Montenegro, year by year

Annual values for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Montenegro, 1960 to 2024.
Year years Change
1960 63.94 years
1961 64.48 years +0.8%
1962 64.71 years +0.4%
1963 65.22 years +0.8%
1964 65.85 years +1.0%
1965 66.53 years +1.0%
1966 66.97 years +0.7%
1967 67.7 years +1.1%
1968 68.07 years +0.5%
1969 68.18 years +0.2%
1970 68.32 years +0.2%
1971 68.66 years +0.5%
1972 68.97 years +0.5%
1973 69.25 years +0.4%
1974 69.34 years +0.1%
1975 69.63 years +0.4%
1976 69.69 years +0.1%
1977 69.28 years -0.6%
1978 69.38 years +0.1%
1979 69.02 years -0.5%
1980 69.66 years +0.9%
1981 69.45 years -0.3%
1982 69.56 years +0.2%
1983 69.4 years -0.2%
1984 69.26 years -0.2%
1985 69.44 years +0.3%
1986 69.71 years +0.4%
1987 70.24 years +0.8%
1988 70.46 years +0.3%
1989 70.68 years +0.3%
1990 70.41 years -0.4%
1991 70.62 years +0.3%
1992 70.45 years -0.2%
1993 70.51 years +0.1%
1994 70.56 years +0.1%
1995 70.66 years +0.1%
1996 70.45 years -0.3%
1997 70.28 years -0.2%
1998 70.14 years -0.2%
1999 70 years -0.2%
2000 70.35 years +0.5%
2001 70.59 years +0.3%
2002 70.95 years +0.5%
2003 71.12 years +0.2%
2004 71.31 years +0.3%
2005 71.3 years -0.0%
2006 71.4 years +0.1%
2007 71.9 years +0.7%
2008 72.6 years +1.0%
2009 72.9 years +0.4%
2010 73.6 years +1.0%
2011 73.4 years -0.3%
2012 74.3 years +1.2%
2013 74.1 years -0.3%
2014 73.9 years -0.3%
2015 74.7 years +1.1%
2016 74.2 years -0.7%
2017 74.1 years -0.1%
2018 75.3 years +1.6%
2019 74 years -1.7%
2020 73.2 years -1.1%
2021 70.8 years -3.3%
2022 73.7 years +4.1%
2023 75.1 years +1.9%
2024 75.5 years +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 66.16 years 63.94 years 68.18 years 10
1970s 69.15 years 68.32 years 69.69 years 10
1980s 69.79 years 69.26 years 70.68 years 10
1990s 70.41 years 70 years 70.66 years 10
2000s 71.44 years 70.35 years 72.9 years 10
2010s 74.16 years 73.4 years 75.3 years 10
2020s 73.66 years 70.8 years 75.5 years 5

Countries ranked near Montenegro

  1. 65 Lebanon 75.88 years compare
  2. 66 Cuba 75.86 years compare
  3. 67 Peru 75.63 years compare
  4. 69 China 75.25 years compare
  5. 70 Slovakia 75.2 years compare
  6. 71 Colombia 75.16 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at birth, male in Montenegro?
Life expectancy at birth, male in Montenegro was 75.5 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
What is the highest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 75.5 years in 2024.
What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 63.94 years in 1960.
How does Montenegro rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
Montenegro ranks 68th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Montenegro data come from?
The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,191 data points, 1960–2024
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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.