Life expectancy at birth, total in Low income
Low income: Life expectancy at birth, total was 65.24 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Low income, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Low income recorded 65.24 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Low income peaked at 65.24 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.28 years, in 1960.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.8 years | 41.28 years | 44.44 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 45.93 years | 44.79 years | 47.41 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 48.14 years | 46.67 years | 50.17 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.26 years | 50.19 years | 52.62 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.44 years | 53.57 years | 59.14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.47 years | 59.92 years | 63.34 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.13 years | 62.92 years | 65.24 years | 5 |
More health data for Low income
- Population ages 15-64, total 428.12 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 154.97 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 40.3% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 3.7% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 11.16 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 2.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 41.6% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 25.45 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 313.92 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 3.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Low income?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Low income was 65.24 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 65.24 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.28 years in 1960.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (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.