Life expectancy at birth, total in Kosovo
Kosovo: Life expectancy at birth, total was 78.22 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Kosovo, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Kosovo recorded 78.22 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Kosovo peaked at 78.22 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48.38 years, in 1962.
Kosovo ranks 9th of 49 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.27 years | 48.38 years | 53.61 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 56.77 years | 54 years | 59.09 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 62 years | 60.07 years | 65.23 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.17 years | 58.27 years | 69.86 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.21 years | 71.32 years | 74.79 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.24 years | 74.61 years | 77.25 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.61 years | 74.21 years | 78.22 years | 5 |
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More health data for Kosovo
- Population ages 65 and above, female 11.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 14,792 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 14,040 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 14,408 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 13,082 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 93,861 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 9.3% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 10.5% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 165,729 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 14,490 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Kosovo?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Kosovo was 78.22 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was 78.22 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.38 years in 1962.
- How does Kosovo rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Kosovo ranks 9th out of 49 groups with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kosovo data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (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.