IDA 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.
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The World Bank
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IDA total
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63
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IDA total | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 43.80711703
1961 44.33424346
1962 44.81747262
1963 45.17669954
1964 45.87540131
1965 46.0687242
1966 46.53830847
1967 47.10022748
1968 47.61670005
1969 47.97721404
1970 47.43699593
1971 46.48497993
1972 48.98621063
1973 49.51331301
1974 49.58328189
1975 49.72040072
1976 50.304686
1977 51.00328504
1978 51.51171868
1979 51.99772083
1980 52.46739673
1981 52.88947756
1982 53.19510781
1983 52.97609005
1984 53.24423476
1985 53.43240223
1986 53.8231532
1987 54.24806948
1988 54.25370759
1989 54.79597983
1990 55.05599345
1991 54.76517116
1992 55.10830611
1993 55.31862093
1994 55.58274393
1995 55.82642656
1996 55.94301875
1997 56.48809237
1998 56.80899614
1999 57.68308227
2000 58.00313168
2001 58.39350857
2002 58.85107412
2003 59.34737252
2004 59.66640743
2005 60.16453549
2006 60.86017536
2007 61.28163074
2008 61.46002098
2009 62.21787555
2010 62.67140076
2011 63.2952566
2012 63.72857597
2013 64.21061399
2014 64.48507853
2015 64.8306576
2016 65.23964308
2017 65.65989142
2018 65.98236664
2019 66.34182295
2020 65.92325226
2021 65.61275582
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IDA 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 total
Records
63
Source