Life expectancy at birth, total in Paraguay
Paraguay: Life expectancy at birth, total was 73.98 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Paraguay, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, total in Paraguay stood at 73.98 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Paraguay peaked at 73.98 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60.2 years, in 1960.
Paraguay ranks 113th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.41 years | 60.2 years | 62.38 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 63.38 years | 62.55 years | 64.3 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.75 years | 64.55 years | 66.92 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.61 years | 67.34 years | 69.77 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.17 years | 70.03 years | 72.28 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.28 years | 72.55 years | 73.67 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.19 years | 68.11 years | 73.98 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 110 Azerbaijan 74.58 years compare
- 111 Kazakhstan 74.53 years compare
- 112 Belarus 74.37 years compare
- 114 Dominican Republic 73.87 years compare
- 115 Mauritius 73.79 years compare
- 116 Suriname 73.76 years compare
More health data for Paraguay
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 65,185 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 54.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 59,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 62,775 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 60,055 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 64,004 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 61,213 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 66,504 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 64,998 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 68,004 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Paraguay?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Paraguay was 73.98 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 73.98 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.2 years in 1960.
- How does Paraguay rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Paraguay ranks 113th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.