What is life expectancy in Palestine?

Life expectancy in Palestine was 65.17 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 Palestine?

The highest recorded value was 76.66 years in 2022.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Palestine?

The lowest recorded value was 45.75 years in 1950.

How does Palestine rank for life expectancy?

Palestine ranks 208th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Palestine?

Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Palestine 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 Palestine

Name: Life expectancy in Palestine
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)

Palestine: Life expectancy was 65.17 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

65.17 years

Change on year

down 15.0%

World rank

208th

of 236 countries

All-time high

76.66 years

in 2022

All-time low

45.75 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Palestine, 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 Palestine is 65.17 years, measured in 2023.

The figure is down 15.0% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Palestine peaked at 76.66 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 45.75 years, in 1950.

That places Palestine 208th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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	47.15 years	45.75 years	48.81 years	10
1960s	51.67 years	49.3 years	54.73 years	10
1970s	58.4 years	55.36 years	61.5 years	10
1980s	64.85 years	62.19 years	67.14 years	10
1990s	69.38 years	67.8 years	70.79 years	10
2000s	71.34 years	69.75 years	72.31 years	10
2010s	74.34 years	72.78 years	75.81 years	10
2020s	72.68 years	65.17 years	76.66 years	4

Countries ranked near Palestine

205 Gambia 65.86 years compare
206 Congo 65.77 years compare
207 Ghana 65.5 years compare
209 Haiti 64.94 years compare
210 Angola 64.62 years compare
211 Eswatini 64.12 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Palestine

Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 65,212 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 63,089 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, female 116,943 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 62,522 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 65,563 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 64,516 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 66,691 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 69,263 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 71,453 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 66,919 (2025)

All data for Palestine →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Palestine?: Life expectancy in Palestine was 65.17 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 Palestine?: The highest recorded value was 76.66 years in 2022.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Palestine?: The lowest recorded value was 45.75 years in 1950.
How does Palestine rank for life expectancy?: Palestine ranks 208th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Palestine?: Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine 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.