Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Lebanon

Lebanon: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 77.82 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
77.82 years
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
78th
of 236 countries
All-time high
78.31 years
in 2016
All-time low
36.44 years
in 1976
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Lebanon, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Lebanon recorded 77.82 years for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Lebanon peaked at 78.31 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 36.44 years, in 1976.

That places Lebanon 78th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 61.51 years 59.9 years 63.58 years 10
1960s 65.1 years 63.93 years 65.92 years 10
1970s 60.51 years 36.44 years 66.41 years 10
1980s 60.35 years 47.19 years 65.11 years 10
1990s 71.58 years 65.48 years 73.51 years 10
2000s 75.68 years 73.89 years 77.26 years 10
2010s 78.07 years 77.53 years 78.31 years 10
2020s 76.44 years 73.65 years 78 years 4

Countries ranked near Lebanon

  1. 75 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.01 years compare
  2. 76 China 77.95 years compare
  3. 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.85 years compare
  4. 79 Jordan 77.81 years compare
  5. 80 Peru 77.74 years compare
  6. 81 Colombia 77.72 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Lebanon?
Life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Lebanon was 77.82 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 vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Lebanon?
The highest recorded value was 78.31 years in 2016.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Lebanon?
The lowest recorded value was 36.44 years in 1976.
How does Lebanon rank for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
Lebanon ranks 78th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Lebanon?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lebanon 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 vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed

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.