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Period versus cohort life expectancy by country

Period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.

Countries reporting
41
Highest
85.25 years
Hong Kong
Lowest
70.92 years
Russia
Median
81.84 years
Years covered
274
1751–2024
Data points
3,817

What the numbers show

Period versus cohort life expectancy is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 85.25 years in Hong Kong; the lowest is 70.92 years in Russia.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.84 years, and the mean is 80.32 years.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 8.7%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 3.7%).

Period versus cohort life expectancy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong 85.25 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
2 Japan 84.16 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
3 Switzerland 84.06 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
4 Sweden 83.83 years 2024 up 2.0% rising
5 Spain 83.75 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
6 South Korea 83.57 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
7 Australia 83.47 years 2021 up 1.7% rising
8 Norway 83.2 years 2024 up 1.4% rising
9 Luxembourg 83.15 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
10 France 82.88 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
11 Italy 82.68 years 2022 up 0.5% rising
12 Israel 82.5 years 2016 up 2.4% rising
13 New Zealand 82.3 years 2021 up 1.8% rising
14 Iceland 82.29 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
15 Portugal 82.26 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
15 Finland 82.26 years 2024 up 1.5% rising
17 Belgium 82.08 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
18 Denmark 82.04 years 2024 up 1.7% rising
19 Ireland 81.99 years 2022 up 1.8% rising
20 Austria 81.86 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
21 Netherlands 81.84 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
22 Canada 81.75 years 2023 down 0.0% rising
23 Greece 81.49 years 2019 up 1.5% rising
24 Slovenia 81.34 years 2019 up 2.9% rising
25 Germany 81.01 years 2020 up 1.2% rising
26 United Kingdom 80.96 years 2022 up 0.2% rising
27 Taiwan 80.12 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
28 Chile 78.96 years 2020 up 1.0% rising
29 Estonia 78.8 years 2019 up 4.8% rising
30 United States 78.56 years 2023 down 0.4% rising
31 Poland 78.39 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
32 Croatia 77.75 years 2020 up 1.5% rising
33 Slovakia 77.68 years 2019 up 3.3% rising
34 Lithuania 77.46 years 2024 up 3.8% rising
35 Czechia 77.24 years 2021 down 0.7% rising
36 Latvia 76.42 years 2024 up 2.9% rising
37 Hungary 75.72 years 2020 up 1.6% rising
38 Belarus 74.48 years 2018 up 5.8% flat
39 Bulgaria 71.41 years 2021 down 3.7% rising
40 Ukraine 71.35 years 2013 up 5.3% flat
41 Russia 70.92 years 2014 up 8.7% flat

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Indicator
Period versus cohort life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
41 places, 3,817 data points, 1751–2024
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Period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.