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Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in United States of America

United States of America: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita was 79.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
79.3 years
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
63rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
79.3 years
in 2023
All-time low
68.07 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in United States of America, 1950–2023

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Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in United States of America stood at 79.3 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in United States of America peaked at 79.3 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 68.07 years, in 1950.

United States of America ranks 63rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in United States of America, year by year

Year years Change
1950 68.07 years —
1951 68.17 years +0.2%
1952 68.38 years +0.3%
1953 68.71 years +0.5%
1954 69.5 years +1.1%
1955 69.56 years +0.1%
1956 69.64 years +0.1%
1957 69.42 years -0.3%
1958 69.67 years +0.4%
1959 69.9 years +0.3%
1960 69.83 years -0.1%
1961 70.25 years +0.6%
1962 70.12 years -0.2%
1963 69.94 years -0.2%
1964 70.2 years +0.4%
1965 70.25 years +0.1%
1966 70.21 years -0.1%
1967 70.52 years +0.4%
1968 70.2 years -0.5%
1969 70.48 years +0.4%
1970 70.73 years +0.4%
1971 71.1 years +0.5%
1972 71.18 years +0.1%
1973 71.4 years +0.3%
1974 71.96 years +0.8%
1975 72.54 years +0.8%
1976 72.84 years +0.4%
1977 73.23 years +0.5%
1978 73.41 years +0.2%
1979 73.83 years +0.6%
1980 73.73 years -0.1%
1981 74.12 years +0.5%
1982 74.46 years +0.5%
1983 74.55 years +0.1%
1984 74.67 years +0.2%
1985 74.65 years -0.0%
1986 74.73 years +0.1%
1987 74.86 years +0.2%
1988 74.83 years -0.0%
1989 75.11 years +0.4%
1990 75.37 years +0.4%
1991 75.52 years +0.2%
1992 75.78 years +0.3%
1993 75.57 years -0.3%
1994 75.74 years +0.2%
1995 75.85 years +0.2%
1996 76.17 years +0.4%
1997 76.5 years +0.4%
1998 76.66 years +0.2%
1999 76.67 years +0.0%
2000 76.81 years +0.2%
2001 76.92 years +0.1%
2002 76.99 years +0.1%
2003 77.14 years +0.2%
2004 77.53 years +0.5%
2005 77.53 years -0.0%
2006 77.8 years +0.4%
2007 78.05 years +0.3%
2008 78.13 years +0.1%
2009 78.48 years +0.4%
2010 78.67 years +0.2%
2011 78.7 years +0.0%
2012 78.82 years +0.1%
2013 78.82 years +0.0%
2014 78.88 years +0.1%
2015 78.72 years -0.2%
2016 78.69 years -0.0%
2017 78.65 years -0.0%
2018 78.8 years +0.2%
2019 78.92 years +0.1%
2020 77.01 years -2.4%
2021 76.38 years -0.8%
2022 77.98 years +2.1%
2023 79.3 years +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 69.1 years 68.07 years 69.9 years 10
1960s 70.2 years 69.83 years 70.52 years 10
1970s 72.22 years 70.73 years 73.83 years 10
1980s 74.57 years 73.73 years 75.11 years 10
1990s 75.98 years 75.37 years 76.67 years 10
2000s 77.54 years 76.81 years 78.48 years 10
2010s 78.77 years 78.65 years 78.92 years 10
2020s 77.67 years 76.38 years 79.3 years 4

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 60 Albania 79.6 years compare
  2. 61 Panama 79.59 years compare
  3. 62 Anguilla 79.31 years compare
  4. 64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
  5. 65 Estonia 79.15 years compare
  6. 66 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in United States of America?
Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in United States of America was 79.3 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 79.3 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 68.07 years in 1950.
How does United States of America rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
United States of America ranks 63rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy at birth.