IDA & IBRD total | 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
IDA & IBRD total
Records
63
Source
IDA & IBRD total | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 46.95170178
1961 49.4503645
1962 52.67368402
1963 53.11691228
1964 53.66248429
1965 53.58507925
1966 54.14499413
1967 54.63488501
1968 55.29758752
1969 55.68472848
1970 56.03520534
1971 56.35883078
1972 57.17490027
1973 57.81014418
1974 58.32295328
1975 58.85247774
1976 59.40548528
1977 60.03721859
1978 60.55043792
1979 61.06733315
1980 61.5546829
1981 62.04150812
1982 62.47906487
1983 62.80339213
1984 63.14027621
1985 63.4787218
1986 63.94042367
1987 64.30050576
1988 64.55931457
1989 64.92154815
1990 65.13681505
1991 65.20669238
1992 65.50735153
1993 65.78808376
1994 66.0109419
1995 66.30947389
1996 66.52341155
1997 66.88611398
1998 67.24493018
1999 67.53725307
2000 67.9020822
2001 68.37582386
2002 68.69906353
2003 69.00868824
2004 69.24786625
2005 69.68538179
2006 70.10935491
2007 70.4196619
2008 70.58824597
2009 71.04073293
2010 71.33599881
2011 71.71761248
2012 72.06032837
2013 72.39918165
2014 72.68298154
2015 72.94844111
2016 73.2470606
2017 73.52608535
2018 73.76833486
2019 73.97592063
2020 73.39429983
2021 72.35528803
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IDA & IBRD total | 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
IDA & IBRD total
Records
63
Source