Life Expectancy / India
India Life Expectancy
India life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 72.24.
COUNTRY: India
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:08:47
GM ECONOMY RATING
India · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
73 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
9.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
19.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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India · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
72.24
Previous
72.00
Range avg.
70.36
Rank
65
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72.242024 · Rank 65
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
India recorded 72.24 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.23 (0.3%), from 72.00 to 72.24.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (70.36).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 67.28 in 2021 and the high was 72.24 in 2024.
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