Life expectancy at birth, male in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Life expectancy at birth, male was 66.27 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, male in Timor-Leste, 1960–2024
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 Timor-Leste is 66.27 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Timor-Leste peaked at 66.27 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.32 years, in 1978.
That places Timor-Leste 164th out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at birth, male in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 31.02 years | — |
| 1961 | 31.42 years | +1.3% |
| 1962 | 31.85 years | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 32.29 years | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 32.77 years | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 33.27 years | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 33.79 years | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 34.32 years | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 34.85 years | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 35.4 years | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 35.95 years | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 36.49 years | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 37.02 years | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 37.54 years | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 35.12 years | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 20.46 years | -41.7% |
| 1976 | 21.64 years | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 20.86 years | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 19.32 years | -7.4% |
| 1979 | 20.29 years | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 24.95 years | +23.0% |
| 1981 | 25.75 years | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 26.57 years | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 27 years | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 28.46 years | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 28.48 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 28.94 years | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 30 years | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 30.19 years | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 43.37 years | +43.7% |
| 1990 | 43.9 years | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 43.74 years | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 44.85 years | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 45.63 years | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 46.51 years | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 46.14 years | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 46.79 years | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 47.39 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 46.99 years | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 42.41 years | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 56.67 years | +33.6% |
| 2001 | 57.31 years | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 58 years | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 58.64 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 59.25 years | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 59.74 years | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 60.34 years | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 60.86 years | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 61.33 years | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 61.75 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 62.12 years | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 62.45 years | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 62.81 years | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 63.15 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 63.46 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 63.76 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 64.05 years | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 64.32 years | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 64.59 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 64.85 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 65.14 years | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 64.58 years | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 65.73 years | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 66.07 years | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 66.27 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.1 years | 31.02 years | 35.4 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 28.47 years | 19.32 years | 37.54 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.37 years | 24.95 years | 43.37 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.44 years | 42.41 years | 47.39 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.39 years | 56.67 years | 61.75 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.55 years | 62.12 years | 64.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.56 years | 64.58 years | 66.27 years | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, male in Timor-Leste?
- Life expectancy at birth, male in Timor-Leste was 66.27 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 66.27 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.32 years in 1978.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
- Timor-Leste ranks 164th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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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About this data
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.