Life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen

Yemen: Life expectancy at birth, male was 67.37 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
67.37 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
149th
of 215 countries
All-time high
67.37 years
in 2024
All-time low
30.57 years
in 1963
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen, 1960–2024

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.

Analysis

Yemen recorded 67.37 years for life expectancy at birth, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen peaked at 67.37 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.57 years, in 1963.

Yemen ranks 149th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 33 years 30.57 years 37.11 years 10
1970s 42.89 years 38.18 years 47.48 years 10
1980s 52.41 years 48.57 years 56.21 years 10
1990s 58.34 years 56.74 years 60.38 years 10
2000s 63.13 years 60.9 years 65 years 10
2010s 64.67 years 62.31 years 66.03 years 10
2020s 65.34 years 63.09 years 67.37 years 5

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 146 Cambodia 68.15 years compare
  2. 147 Mongolia 67.92 years compare
  3. 148 El Salvador 67.76 years compare
  4. 150 Palau 67.25 years compare
  5. 151 Laos 67.02 years compare
  6. 152 Senegal 67.01 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen?
Life expectancy at birth, male in Yemen was 67.37 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 Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 67.37 years in 2024.
What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 30.57 years in 1963.
How does Yemen rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
Yemen ranks 149th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen 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

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.