Low & middle income | 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
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Low & middle income
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63
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Low & middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
43.38916421 1960
45.80480528 1961
48.95474246 1962
49.38588549 1963
49.92213942 1964
49.58309316 1965
50.31454452 1966
50.80098196 1967
51.47546806 1968
51.9010169 1969
52.27471949 1970
52.2191963 1971
53.44191475 1972
54.07696627 1973
54.50822537 1974
55.0319469 1975
55.57048064 1976
56.05503188 1977
56.45331246 1978
56.88959299 1979
57.28804855 1980
57.64374097 1981
58.01967596 1982
58.32426096 1983
58.66814532 1984
59.06262088 1985
59.52789736 1986
59.85794963 1987
60.0465304 1988
60.45878624 1989
60.64399161 1990
60.87999551 1991
61.14987005 1992
61.3365255 1993
61.63112279 1994
61.87284463 1995
62.18083909 1996
62.54308191 1997
62.82099532 1998
63.2094225 1999
63.5201922 2000
63.82777853 2001
64.14469254 2002
64.44276505 2003
64.67185169 2004
65.03262577 2005
65.40137882 2006
65.65343599 2007
65.85087006 2008
66.24776573 2009
66.54595012 2010
66.89928372 2011
67.1979568 2012
67.51114345 2013
67.86965363 2014
68.17869658 2015
68.44870368 2016
68.65179426 2017
68.95874531 2018
69.1560708 2019
68.38319745 2020
67.34496833 2021
2022
Low & middle income | 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
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source