Life expectancy for people of different ages in Israel
Israel: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 82.41 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
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.
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 |
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More health data for Israel
- 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)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 3 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 3 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 69,811 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 66,864 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 71,276 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 68,275 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 72,239 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 69,500 (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.
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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.