Life expectancy at birth, total (years) (Life World Population) in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) (Life World Population) was 69.52 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Lower middle income, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 69.52 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Lower middle income peaked at 69.52 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.75 years, in 1960.
Lower middle income ranks 34th of 47 groups 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, total (years) (Life World Population) in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 44.75 years | — |
| 1961 | 45.13 years | +0.9% |
| 1962 | 45.62 years | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 45.98 years | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 46.43 years | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 45.89 years | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 46.4 years | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 46.72 years | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 47.98 years | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 48.35 years | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 48.26 years | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 47.2 years | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 49.45 years | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 49.87 years | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 50.36 years | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 50.72 years | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 51.22 years | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 51.79 years | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 52.34 years | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 53 years | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 53.58 years | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 54.1 years | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 54.57 years | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 55.05 years | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 55.49 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 55.88 years | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 56.3 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 56.66 years | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 57.02 years | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 57.38 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 57.69 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 57.83 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 58.26 years | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 58.54 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 58.85 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 59.18 years | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 59.5 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 59.85 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 60.19 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 60.62 years | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 61.07 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 61.45 years | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 61.93 years | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 62.36 years | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 62.76 years | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 63.11 years | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 63.58 years | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 63.98 years | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 64.23 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 64.76 years | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 65.09 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 65.54 years | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 65.93 years | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 66.29 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 66.65 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 66.97 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 67.31 years | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 67.62 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 67.94 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 68.24 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 67.62 years | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 66.01 years | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 69.03 years | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 69.33 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 69.52 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.32 years | 44.75 years | 48.35 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 50.42 years | 47.2 years | 53 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 55.6 years | 53.58 years | 57.38 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.05 years | 57.69 years | 60.62 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.92 years | 61.07 years | 64.76 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.76 years | 65.09 years | 68.24 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.3 years | 66.01 years | 69.52 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 50-54, female, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per capita 0.0228 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per capita 0.0226 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, male, per capita 0.0504 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Lower middle income?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Lower middle income was 69.52 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 69.52 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.75 years in 1960.
- How does Lower middle income rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Lower middle income ranks 34th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower 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.