Life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen

Yemen: Life expectancy at birth, male was 67.37 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
67.37 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
151st
of 217 countries
All-time high
67.37 years
in 2024
All-time low
30.57 years
in 1963
Years of data
65
1960–2024

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

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

Analysis

Yemen recorded 67.37 years for life expectancy at birth, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen peaked at 67.37 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.57 years, in 1963.

Yemen ranks 151st 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 Yemen, year by year

Annual values for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Yemen, 1960 to 2024.
Year years Change
1960 31.11 years
1961 31.72 years +2.0%
1962 30.99 years -2.3%
1963 30.57 years -1.4%
1964 32.3 years +5.7%
1965 32.92 years +1.9%
1966 33.58 years +2.0%
1967 34.37 years +2.4%
1968 35.33 years +2.8%
1969 37.11 years +5.0%
1970 38.18 years +2.9%
1971 39.54 years +3.6%
1972 40.47 years +2.3%
1973 41.4 years +2.3%
1974 42.36 years +2.3%
1975 43.34 years +2.3%
1976 44.35 years +2.3%
1977 45.36 years +2.3%
1978 46.38 years +2.3%
1979 47.48 years +2.4%
1980 48.57 years +2.3%
1981 49.69 years +2.3%
1982 50.46 years +1.6%
1983 51.7 years +2.5%
1984 52.71 years +2.0%
1985 53.57 years +1.6%
1986 50.53 years -5.7%
1987 54.99 years +8.8%
1988 55.64 years +1.2%
1989 56.21 years +1.0%
1990 56.74 years +1.0%
1991 56.84 years +0.2%
1992 57.32 years +0.8%
1993 57.69 years +0.6%
1994 57.67 years -0.0%
1995 58.59 years +1.6%
1996 58.93 years +0.6%
1997 59.39 years +0.8%
1998 59.86 years +0.8%
1999 60.38 years +0.9%
2000 60.9 years +0.8%
2001 61.46 years +0.9%
2002 61.93 years +0.8%
2003 62.52 years +0.9%
2004 63.02 years +0.8%
2005 63.47 years +0.7%
2006 63.91 years +0.7%
2007 64.33 years +0.7%
2008 64.72 years +0.6%
2009 65 years +0.4%
2010 65.31 years +0.5%
2011 65.44 years +0.2%
2012 65.55 years +0.2%
2013 66.03 years +0.7%
2014 66 years -0.0%
2015 63.98 years -3.0%
2016 64.4 years +0.7%
2017 64.3 years -0.2%
2018 62.31 years -3.1%
2019 63.34 years +1.6%
2020 63.33 years -0.0%
2021 63.09 years -0.4%
2022 65.67 years +4.1%
2023 67.23 years +2.4%
2024 67.37 years +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 33 years 30.57 years 37.11 years 10
1970s 42.89 years 38.18 years 47.48 years 10
1980s 52.41 years 48.57 years 56.21 years 10
1990s 58.34 years 56.74 years 60.38 years 10
2000s 63.13 years 60.9 years 65 years 10
2010s 64.67 years 62.31 years 66.03 years 10
2020s 65.34 years 63.09 years 67.37 years 5

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 148 Cambodia 68.15 years compare
  2. 149 Mongolia 67.92 years compare
  3. 150 El Salvador 67.76 years compare
  4. 152 Palau 67.25 years compare
  5. 153 Laos 67.02 years compare
  6. 154 Senegal 67.01 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen?
Life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen was 67.37 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 Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 67.37 years in 2024.
What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 30.57 years in 1963.
How does Yemen rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
Yemen ranks 151st out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen 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.