Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
45.93245361 1960
46.66480759 1961
46.99663277 1962
47.92410658 1963
48.55996065 1964
49.16958413 1965
49.75356781 1966
50.28723777 1967
50.68252558 1968
51.33990839 1969
51.93123096 1970
52.58216333 1971
53.14512343 1972
53.96253455 1973
54.75795419 1974
55.52162033 1975
55.91370264 1976
57.17395782 1977
57.74075334 1978
59.08360167 1979
59.92114474 1980
60.57391278 1981
61.25740577 1982
62.76399561 1983
63.64532948 1984
64.45405747 1985
65.17337982 1986
65.64419844 1987
66.08482659 1988
66.41956841 1989
66.43085933 1990
67.57045946 1991
68.07256166 1992
68.35852725 1993
68.68448142 1994
69.0067711 1995
69.43736593 1996
69.73008059 1997
69.8945877 1998
70.37087306 1999
70.82122788 2000
71.15051117 2001
71.49414775 2002
71.39737352 2003
71.96015431 2004
72.30334942 2005
72.6693698 2006
73.00351112 2007
73.0552648 2008
73.32137206 2009
73.64090031 2010
73.93242968 2011
73.89564618 2012
73.96797684 2013
74.23155428 2014
74.43904029 2015
74.89553931 2016
75.47086863 2017
75.57323068 2018
75.62756314 2019
74.70955404 2020
74.40676666 2021
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source