Life expectancy in Indonesia
Indonesia: Life expectancy was 71.15 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Indonesia, 1927–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 71.15 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 79 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Indonesia peaked at 71.15 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.5 years, in 1942.
That places Indonesia 163rd 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 79 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 30 years | 30 years | 30 years | 1 |
| 1930s | 33.75 years | 32.5 years | 35 years | 2 |
| 1940s | 27.5 years | 27.5 years | 27.5 years | 2 |
| 1950s | 43.22 years | 40.21 years | 46.2 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 48.75 years | 42.76 years | 52.59 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 55.71 years | 53.25 years | 58.18 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.92 years | 58.7 years | 62.88 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.95 years | 63.25 years | 66 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.19 years | 65.52 years | 68.27 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.38 years | 68.36 years | 70.35 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.58 years | 67.45 years | 71.15 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 160 Western Sahara 71.39 years compare
- 161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.23 years compare
- 162 Moldova 71.2 years compare
- 164 Dominica 71.13 years compare
- 165 Cambodia 70.67 years compare
- 166 Solomon Islands 70.53 years compare
More health data for Indonesia
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 2.43 million (2025)
- Population, female 142.19 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 11.1% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 8.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 2.42 million (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 2.30 million (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 2.46 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 9.35 million (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 2.33 million (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 2.29 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Indonesia?
- Life expectancy in Indonesia was 71.15 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 71.15 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.5 years in 1942.
- How does Indonesia rank for life expectancy?
- Indonesia ranks 163rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.