Life Expectancy / North Korea
North Korea Life Expectancy
North Korea life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 73.74.
COUNTRY: North Korea
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-19 13:15:08
GM ECONOMY RATING
North Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
46 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
7.1 / 20
External stability
n/a
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
n/a
Future capacity
n/a
Demographic capacity
4.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 24% of weighted inputs available.
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North Korea · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
73.74
Previous
73.64
Range avg.
73.20
Rank
74
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CountryNorth Korea
IndicatorLife Expectancy
73.742024 · Rank 74
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
North Korea recorded 73.74 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.10 (0.1%), from 73.64 to 73.74.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (73.20).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 72.78 in 2020 and the high was 73.74 in 2024.
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