Life Expectancy / United Kingdom
United Kingdom Life Expectancy
United Kingdom life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 81.39.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:08:47
GM ECONOMY RATING
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
59 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
6.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
13.0 / 20
External stability
4.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
Selected year: · Value:
United Kingdom · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
81.39
Previous
81.24
Range avg.
81.06
Rank
30
Countries by life expectancy
full rankingGM ECONOMY
Data Navigator
Countries, indicators and comparisons
CountryUnited Kingdom
IndicatorLife Expectancy
81.392024 · Rank 30
Chart range
All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
United Kingdom recorded 81.39 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.15 (0.2%), from 81.24 to 81.39.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (81.06).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 80.33 in 2020 and the high was 81.39 in 2024.
Comparison
Related indicators
PopulationSP.POP.TOTL
Urban PopulationSP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Age Dependency RatioSP.POP.DPND
Fertility RateSP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Gini IndexSI.POV.GINI
Poverty HeadcountSI.POV.NAHC