Life expectancy in Armenia
Armenia: Life expectancy was 75.68 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Armenia, 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
The most recent figure for life expectancy in Armenia is 75.68 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Armenia peaked at 75.68 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52.71 years, in 1988.
That places Armenia 114th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 56.65 years | 54.55 years | 58.69 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.92 years | 59.13 years | 62.49 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 63.84 years | 62.76 years | 65.04 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.29 years | 52.71 years | 67.72 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.8 years | 67.73 years | 70.42 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.9 years | 70.81 years | 72.71 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.09 years | 72.94 years | 75.19 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.94 years | 68.89 years | 75.68 years | 4 |
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More health data for Armenia
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 19,040 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 17,940 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 17,705 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 18,745 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 20,242 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 17,893 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 18,207 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 18,973 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 17,615 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 18,372 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Armenia?
- Life expectancy in Armenia was 75.68 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 Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 75.68 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.71 years in 1988.
- How does Armenia rank for life expectancy?
- Armenia ranks 114th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia 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
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.