Life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel
Israel: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 82.41 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
82.41 years
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
29th
of 236 countries
All-time high
82.92 years
in 2018
All-time low
66.25 years
in 1954
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel stood at 82.41 years.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel peaked at 82.92 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 66.25 years, in 1954.
Israel ranks 29th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 69.86 years | — |
| 1951 | 67.63 years | -3.2% |
| 1952 | 67.22 years | -0.6% |
| 1953 | 66.42 years | -1.2% |
| 1954 | 66.25 years | -0.2% |
| 1955 | 68 years | +2.6% |
| 1956 | 66.59 years | -2.1% |
| 1957 | 66.49 years | -0.1% |
| 1958 | 68.39 years | +2.8% |
| 1959 | 68.92 years | +0.8% |
| 1960 | 69.75 years | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 69.81 years | +0.1% |
| 1962 | 69.33 years | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 69.62 years | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 69.61 years | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 70.5 years | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 70.94 years | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 70.9 years | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 70.75 years | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 71.03 years | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 71.16 years | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 71.83 years | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 71.62 years | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 71.61 years | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 71.56 years | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 71.6 years | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 72.67 years | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 72.69 years | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 73.06 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 73.39 years | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 73.68 years | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 74.19 years | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 74.33 years | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 75.09 years | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 75.5 years | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 75.97 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 75.91 years | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 76.38 years | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 76.89 years | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 77.64 years | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 78.04 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 77.58 years | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 77.27 years | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 77.86 years | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 78.04 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 78.05 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 78.57 years | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 78.55 years | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 78.59 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 78.89 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 79.18 years | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 79.48 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 79.51 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 79.82 years | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 80.31 years | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 80.39 years | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 80.79 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 80.95 years | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 81.28 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 81.82 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 81.97 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 81.99 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 81.98 years | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 82.35 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 82.36 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 82.25 years | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 82.61 years | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 82.7 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 82.92 years | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 82.9 years | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 82.7 years | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 82.52 years | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 82.81 years | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 82.41 years | -0.5% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 82.41 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Israel's 82.41 years is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 76.51 years, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 67.58 years | 66.25 years | 69.86 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 70.22 years | 69.33 years | 71.03 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 72.12 years | 71.16 years | 73.39 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.56 years | 73.68 years | 77.64 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.15 years | 77.27 years | 78.89 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.35 years | 79.18 years | 81.82 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.41 years | 81.97 years | 82.92 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.61 years | 82.41 years | 82.81 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More health data for Israel
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.65 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6956 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 665.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 119 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2022)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3823 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0445 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.3508 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel was 82.41 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 82.92 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.25 years in 1954.
- How does Israel rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Israel ranks 29th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.