Life expectancy at birth, total in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Life expectancy at birth, total was 72.02 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Low & middle income, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, total in Low & middle income stood at 72.02 years. 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 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Low & middle income peaked at 72.02 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.48 years, in 1960.
That places Low & middle income 28th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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, total in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 43.48 years | — |
| 1961 | 45.97 years | +5.7% |
| 1962 | 49.59 years | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 50.08 years | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 50.6 years | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 50.4 years | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 51.12 years | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 51.71 years | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 52.44 years | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 52.97 years | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 53.29 years | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 53.36 years | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 54.47 years | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 55.09 years | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 55.58 years | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 56.15 years | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 56.56 years | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 57.29 years | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 57.77 years | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 58.32 years | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 58.78 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 59.19 years | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 59.6 years | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 59.96 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 60.35 years | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 60.72 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 61.15 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 61.57 years | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 61.85 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 62.21 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 62.42 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 62.67 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 63.01 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 63.33 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 63.58 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 63.9 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 64.2 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 64.52 years | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 64.78 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 65.11 years | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 65.5 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 65.83 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 66.17 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 66.52 years | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 66.75 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 67.16 years | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 67.52 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 67.87 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 68.09 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 68.48 years | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 68.83 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 69.12 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 69.47 years | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 69.76 years | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 70.01 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 70.27 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 70.5 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 70.71 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 71.04 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 71.28 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 70.67 years | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 69.6 years | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 71.6 years | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 71.89 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 72.02 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.84 years | 43.48 years | 52.97 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 55.79 years | 53.29 years | 58.32 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.54 years | 58.78 years | 62.21 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 63.75 years | 62.42 years | 65.11 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.99 years | 65.5 years | 68.48 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.1 years | 68.83 years | 71.28 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.16 years | 69.6 years | 72.02 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More health data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -0.2398 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3221 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.2628 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate -0.3111 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1352 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Low & middle income?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Low & middle income was 72.02 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 72.02 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.48 years in 1960.
- How does Low & middle income rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Low & middle income ranks 28th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.