Life expectancy at birth, total in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at birth, total was 78.98 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Saudi Arabia, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 78.98 years for life expectancy at birth, total 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 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Saudi Arabia peaked at 78.98 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45.31 years, in 1960.
Saudi Arabia ranks 56th 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 | 48.27 years | 45.31 years | 51.77 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 57.23 years | 52.73 years | 61.52 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.59 years | 62.44 years | 68.36 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.69 years | 68.87 years | 72.29 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.15 years | 72.61 years | 75.45 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.31 years | 75.62 years | 78.75 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.94 years | 77.09 years | 78.98 years | 5 |
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More health data for Saudi Arabia
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 254,137 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 77.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 27.11 million (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 256,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 236,467 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 253,084 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 255,248 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 245,267 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 17.27 million (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 240,758 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Saudi Arabia?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Saudi Arabia was 78.98 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.98 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.31 years in 1960.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 56th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.