Life expectancy at age 15 in New Zealand
New Zealand: Life expectancy at age 15 was 91.08 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in New Zealand, 1948–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2100, life expectancy at age 15 in New Zealand stood at 91.08 years. That is the highest value across all 153 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in New Zealand peaked at 91.08 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 71.95 years, in 1951.
New Zealand ranks 46th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 153 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 72.08 years | 71.96 years | 72.2 years | 2 |
| 1950s | 72.79 years | 71.95 years | 73.36 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 73.22 years | 72.94 years | 73.51 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 73.7 years | 72.99 years | 74.4 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.22 years | 74.2 years | 76 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.61 years | 76.39 years | 78.84 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.19 years | 79.31 years | 81.13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82 years | 81.35 years | 82.43 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.83 years | 81.64 years | 83.36 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 84.07 years | 83.49 years | 84.64 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 85.29 years | 84.75 years | 85.8 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 86.41 years | 85.92 years | 86.89 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 87.49 years | 87 years | 87.97 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 88.53 years | 88.07 years | 88.99 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 89.52 years | 89.08 years | 89.98 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 90.53 years | 90.08 years | 90.97 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 91.08 years | 91.08 years | 91.08 years | 1 |
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- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 32,847 (2025)
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- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 33,143 (2025)
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- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 31,139 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in New Zealand?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in New Zealand was 91.08 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 91.08 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.95 years in 1951.
- How does New Zealand rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- New Zealand ranks 46th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.