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