Life expectancy at birth, male in East Timor
East Timor: Life expectancy at birth, male was 66.27 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, male in East Timor, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, male in East Timor is 66.27 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in East Timor peaked at 66.27 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.32 years, in 1978.
That places East Timor 162nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.1 years | 31.02 years | 35.4 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 28.47 years | 19.32 years | 37.54 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.37 years | 24.95 years | 43.37 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.44 years | 42.41 years | 47.39 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.39 years | 56.67 years | 61.75 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.55 years | 62.12 years | 64.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.56 years | 64.58 years | 66.27 years | 5 |
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More health data for East Timor
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 16,348 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 15,603 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 15,049 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 15,503 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 16,461 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 15,976 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 16,796 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 17,105 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 16,936 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 16,706 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, male in East Timor?
- Life expectancy at birth, male in East Timor was 66.27 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 66.27 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.32 years in 1978.
- How does East Timor rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
- East Timor ranks 162nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.