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Life expectancy at birth

years · World Bank World Development Indicators, SP.DYN.LE00.IN

Countries with any figure: 215
Years: 1960–2024
Compare on: 2024 215 countries
Newest year: 2024 215 countries
Every year: 213 countries
Stop before 2024: 0 countries

Statistical offices report at different speeds, so the newest year usually has fewer countries than the years before it. A country's "latest" figure elsewhere on this site can therefore be from different years for different countries; rankings only compare countries with a figure for the same year.

Compare countries on this indicator

Countries with a figure for Life expectancy at birth, each yearThe best-covered year has 215 countries. 2024 is the last year with at least 90% of that (215); 2024 has 215.

Show the numbers (65 rows)

Year	Countries with a figure
2024	215
2023	215
2022	215
2021	215
2020	215
2019	215
2018	215
2017	215
2016	215
2015	215
2014	215
2013	215
2012	215
2011	215
2010	215
2009	215
2008	215
2007	215
2006	215
2005	215
2004	215
2003	215
2002	215
2001	215
2000	215
1999	215
1998	215
1997	215
1996	215
1995	215
1994	215
1993	215
1992	215
1991	215
1990	215
1989	214
1988	214
1987	214
1986	214
1985	214
1984	214
1983	214
1982	214
1981	214
1980	214
1979	214
1978	214
1977	214
1976	214
1975	214
1974	214
1973	214
1972	214
1971	214
1970	214
1969	214
1968	214
1967	214
1966	214
1965	213
1964	213
1963	213
1962	214
1961	214
1960	213

Which countries have figures for Life expectancy at birth, by year215 countries have at least one figure from 1960 to 2024; 213 have every year, 1 has gaps, and 0 stop before 2024.

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Years with a figure
Country stops before 2024
End of 2024, the last year at least 90% of countries report

Get this data

This page's numbers, as JSON:

curl https://visualizedata.org/data/indicators/life-expectancy.json

The World Bank API it comes from (live, no key):

curl "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?format=json&per_page=30000&date=1960:2030"

Open the JSON

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators: SP.DYN.LE00.IN (CC BY 4.0)
Updated several times a year; each indicator has its own latest year.
Countries are the datasites geo registry's; regional and income-group aggregates are left out.
Built 2026-10-26.