IBRD only | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
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IBRD only
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63
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IBRD only | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 47.59793114
1961 50.51614946
1962 54.32264649
1963 54.78726248
1964 55.30570245
1965 55.17692639
1966 55.76079087
1967 56.2415821
1968 56.94204029
1969 57.34072451
1970 57.8878401
1971 58.48993264
1972 58.94767412
1973 59.61504043
1974 60.23540727
1975 60.86432218
1976 61.42430613
1977 62.05668454
1978 62.58979447
1979 63.13431829
1980 63.64487291
1981 64.16488589
1982 64.65285536
1983 65.12599484
1984 65.50064815
1985 65.89720538
1986 66.39759461
1987 66.76303337
1988 67.10543716
1989 67.44562094
1990 67.67213692
1991 67.85650285
1992 68.17402927
1993 68.5042119
1994 68.74756561
1995 69.09202486
1996 69.36474769
1997 69.71043342
1998 70.11213791
1999 70.27722188
2000 70.68980134
2001 71.22427731
2002 71.54809622
2003 71.84217343
2004 72.09520822
2005 72.55217073
2006 72.93280225
2007 73.24864093
2008 73.45236762
2009 73.84629545
2010 74.13003707
2011 74.47054076
2012 74.81680966
2013 75.13790411
2014 75.45429237
2015 75.72381775
2016 76.01835851
2017 76.28349081
2018 76.53500412
2019 76.72807213
2020 76.12939533
2021 74.86426005
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IBRD only | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
IBRD only
Records
63
Source