IDA & IBRD total | Life expectancy at birth, male (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.
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The World Bank
Origin
IDA & IBRD total
Records
63
Source
IDA & IBRD total | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 43.87709955
1961 46.24021824
1962 49.30070449
1963 49.74102817
1964 50.27468217
1965 49.94922119
1966 50.6684008
1967 51.12573085
1968 51.78980389
1969 52.18705013
1970 52.55653917
1971 52.49883336
1972 53.70085511
1973 54.32706198
1974 54.76114716
1975 55.26775799
1976 55.79190355
1977 56.26429905
1978 56.65068131
1979 57.0785559
1980 57.45946861
1981 57.82388522
1982 58.19258769
1983 58.48779452
1984 58.82164678
1985 59.2079355
1986 59.66894845
1987 59.99273707
1988 60.18019311
1989 60.57903096
1990 60.7582593
1991 60.98943367
1992 61.2576459
1993 61.44240381
1994 61.73550656
1995 62.01264695
1996 62.31654024
1997 62.67853466
1998 62.95757303
1999 63.34090239
2000 63.65691936
2001 63.95605445
2002 64.2763223
2003 64.53292633
2004 64.7652745
2005 65.12377699
2006 65.49034678
2007 65.74048436
2008 65.93338018
2009 66.32676195
2010 66.62252901
2011 66.97647432
2012 67.26832581
2013 67.58051845
2014 67.93468687
2015 68.23762884
2016 68.50230478
2017 68.70433763
2018 69.00458499
2019 69.20228067
2020 68.41582354
2021 67.38270859
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IDA & IBRD total | Life expectancy at birth, male (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