What is life expectancy in Israel?

Life expectancy in Israel was 82.41 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 Israel?

The highest recorded value was 82.92 years in 2018.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Israel?

The lowest recorded value was 66.25 years in 1954.

How does Israel rank for life expectancy?

Israel ranks 29th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Israel?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Israel 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 Israel

Name: Life expectancy in Israel
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)

Israel: Life expectancy was 82.41 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

82.41 years

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

29th

of 236 countries

All-time high

82.92 years

in 2018

All-time low

66.25 years

in 1954

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Israel, 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 Israel stood at 82.41 years.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Israel peaked at 82.92 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 66.25 years, in 1954.

That places Israel 29th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	67.58 years	66.25 years	69.86 years	10
1960s	70.22 years	69.33 years	71.03 years	10
1970s	72.12 years	71.16 years	73.39 years	10
1980s	75.56 years	73.68 years	77.64 years	10
1990s	78.15 years	77.27 years	78.89 years	10
2000s	80.35 years	79.18 years	81.82 years	10
2010s	82.41 years	81.97 years	82.92 years	10
2020s	82.61 years	82.41 years	82.81 years	4

Countries ranked near Israel

26 Canada 82.63 years compare
27 Martinique 82.57 years compare
28 Ireland 82.41 years compare
30 Qatar 82.37 years compare
31 Portugal 82.36 years compare
32 Bermuda 82.31 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Israel

Age dependency ratio 66.3% (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 77,936 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 74,474 (2025)
Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 79,954 (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 76,480 (2025)
Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 90,605 (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 86,500 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 78,445 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 82,437 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 73,183 (2025)

All data for Israel →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Israel?: Life expectancy in Israel was 82.41 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 Israel?: The highest recorded value was 82.92 years in 2018.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Israel?: The lowest recorded value was 66.25 years in 1954.
How does Israel rank for life expectancy?: Israel ranks 29th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Israel?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Israel 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.