What is life expectancy in Albania?

Life expectancy in Albania was 79.6 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Albania?

The highest recorded value was 79.6 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Albania?

The lowest recorded value was 44.52 years in 1950.

How does Albania rank for life expectancy?

Albania ranks 60th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Albania?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Albania data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Albania

Name: Life expectancy in Albania
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Albania: Life expectancy was 79.6 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

79.6 years

Change on year

up 1.1%

World rank

60th

of 236 countries

All-time high

79.6 years

in 2023

All-time low

44.52 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Albania, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Albania stood at 79.6 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Albania peaked at 79.6 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.52 years, in 1950.

Albania ranks 60th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	49.34 years	44.52 years	55.13 years	10
1960s	60.7 years	56.41 years	64.54 years	10
1970s	67.71 years	65.23 years	69.62 years	10
1980s	71.18 years	69.9 years	72.46 years	10
1990s	73.69 years	72.71 years	74.57 years	10
2000s	76.46 years	74.83 years	78.51 years	10
2010s	78.54 years	78 years	79.47 years	10
2020s	78.26 years	76.84 years	79.6 years	4

Countries ranked near Albania

57 Oman 80.03 years compare
58 Czechia 79.83 years compare
59 Jersey 79.71 years compare
61 Panama 79.59 years compare
62 Anguilla 79.31 years compare
63 United States 79.3 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Albania

Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 17,014 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 15,287 (2025)
Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 16,635 (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 15,286 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 65.8% (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 16,619 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 15,382 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 17.5% (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 414,045 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 17.6% (2025)

All data for Albania →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Albania?: Life expectancy in Albania was 79.6 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Albania?: The highest recorded value was 79.6 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Albania?: The lowest recorded value was 44.52 years in 1950.
How does Albania rank for life expectancy?: Albania ranks 60th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Albania?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Albania data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.