Spain | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 69.10926829
1961 69.4804878
1962 69.51902439
1963 69.68121951
1964 70.3997561
1965 70.80926829
1966 71.05512195
1967 71.25292683
1968 71.53780488
1969 71.05756098
1970 72.02731707
1971 71.6302439
1972 72.81804878
1973 72.61073171
1974 72.9697561
1975 73.31878049
1976 73.64268293
1977 74.13195122
1978 74.29560976
1979 74.81878049
1980 75.34926829
1981 75.52853659
1982 76.13414634
1983 75.90902439
1984 76.29536585
1985 76.2595122
1986 76.5104878
1987 76.72804878
1988 76.74707317
1989 76.81365854
1990 76.83756098
1991 76.97121951
1992 77.41
1993 77.54658537
1994 77.90146341
1995 77.98073171
1996 78.1204878
1997 78.60414634
1998 78.66585366
1999 78.71707317
2000 78.96585366
2001 79.36829268
2002 79.56829268
2003 79.6195122
2004 79.87073171
2005 80.17073171
2006 80.82195122
2007 80.87317073
2008 81.17560976
2009 81.47560976
2010 81.62682927
2011 82.47560976
2012 82.42682927
2013 83.07804878
2014 83.22926829
2015 82.83170732
2016 83.32926829
2017 83.28292683
2018 83.43170732
2019 83.83170732
2020 82.33170732
2021 83.17804878
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Spain | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source