Life Expectancy
Life expectancy at birth.
CATEGORY: Population & Society
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CODE: SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Country ranking
| Rank | Country | Latest value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 85.39 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 84.58 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 84.41 |
| 4 | Sweden | 84.06 |
| 5 | Japan | 84.04 |
| 6 | Italy | 83.95 |
| 7 | Spain | 83.89 |
| 8 | South Korea | 83.63 |
| 9 | Singapore | 83.35 |
| 10 | Israel | 83.20 |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 83.20 |
| 12 | Norway | 83.16 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 83.07 |
| 14 | Australia | 83.05 |
| 15 | Ireland | 83.01 |
| 16 | France | 82.98 |
| 17 | Iceland | 82.81 |
| 18 | Qatar | 82.52 |
| 19 | Portugal | 82.38 |
| 20 | Finland | 82.34 |
| 21 | Belgium | 82.30 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 82.29 |
| 23 | Denmark | 82.25 |
| 24 | Canada | 82.11 |
| 25 | New Zealand | 82.01 |
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Interpretation
Hong Kong recorded 85.39 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.15 (0.2%), from 85.25 to 85.39.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (84.85).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 83.66 in 2022 and the high was 85.53 in 2021.
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