Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 43.42295375
1961 44.11603266
1962 44.34975917
1963 45.6967429
1964 46.39421214
1965 46.98998649
1966 47.43446441
1967 47.85159711
1968 48.29571148
1969 48.85086002
1970 49.40004568
1971 50.07544211
1972 50.6400942
1973 50.9917823
1974 51.81235623
1975 52.29167929
1976 52.78273796
1977 54.09029656
1978 54.59836975
1979 55.71947654
1980 55.67093884
1981 54.92761754
1982 55.2562199
1983 56.87193411
1984 58.50059858
1985 59.27823599
1986 59.7228553
1987 60.62738115
1988 60.96482442
1989 62.36323396
1990 62.32240649
1991 63.62496421
1992 64.25944623
1993 64.59486132
1994 64.63312863
1995 64.9443148
1996 65.30691559
1997 65.56788349
1998 65.83527742
1999 66.23345959
2000 66.51957647
2001 66.86584226
2002 67.20712977
2003 66.95648063
2004 67.37419507
2005 67.59414886
2006 67.64222382
2007 67.97671772
2008 68.39549341
2009 68.78902679
2010 68.9879424
2011 69.192151
2012 68.95123207
2013 68.93763013
2014 69.29005166
2015 69.6041272
2016 69.71281235
2017 70.1758146
2018 70.49153341
2019 70.72703467
2020 69.73565235
2021 69.51306322
2022
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source