World Development Indicators

How the world has changed

Compare two years and discover where each indicator increased or decreased the most.

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Countries with comparable data

217 of 217 countries and territories have data in both years.

213 increase · 4 decrease · 0 unchanged.

Change in years

Countries with comparable data217

Median change+4.21 years

Increase213

Decrease4

Decrease−9.55 years−4.78 years0 years+4.78 years+9.55 yearsIncrease

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Largest increases

Country	Initial value	Final value	Change
Eswatini	43.91 years	64.26 years	+20.36 years
Zimbabwe	46.04 years	63.06 years	+17.02 years
Malawi	51.07 years	67.56 years	+16.49 years
Zambia	50.54 years	66.53 years	+15.99 years
Botswana	53.57 years	69.29 years	+15.72 years
Namibia	52.18 years	67.52 years	+15.34 years
Uganda	53.7 years	68.49 years	+14.79 years
Sierra Leone	47.49 years	61.96 years	+14.48 years
Ethiopia	53.74 years	67.6 years	+13.87 years
Lesotho	44.04 years	57.8 years	+13.76 years

Largest decreases

Country	Initial value	Final value	Change
Palestinian Territories	71.09 years	69.21 years	−1.88 years
Dominica	71.99 years	71.29 years	−0.69 years
Libya	71.21 years	71.12 years	−0.09 years
Venezuela	72.75 years	72.67 years	−0.08 years

All comparable results

Country	Initial value	Final value	Change	Change rank
Eswatini	43.91 years	64.26 years	+20.36 years	1
Zimbabwe	46.04 years	63.06 years	+17.02 years	2
Malawi	51.07 years	67.56 years	+16.49 years	3
Zambia	50.54 years	66.53 years	+15.99 years	4
Botswana	53.57 years	69.29 years	+15.72 years	5
Namibia	52.18 years	67.52 years	+15.34 years	6
Uganda	53.7 years	68.49 years	+14.79 years	7
Sierra Leone	47.49 years	61.96 years	+14.48 years	8
Ethiopia	53.74 years	67.6 years	+13.87 years	9
Lesotho	44.04 years	57.8 years	+13.76 years	10
Angola	51.12 years	64.81 years	+13.68 years	11
Rwanda	55.52 years	68.02 years	+12.5 years	12
South Africa	53.96 years	66.31 years	+12.35 years	13
Mozambique	51.86 years	63.8 years	+11.94 years	14
Burundi	52.22 years	63.82 years	+11.6 years	15
Guinea-Bissau	52.8 years	64.25 years	+11.45 years	16
Tanzania	56.84 years	67.21 years	+10.38 years	17
Côte d’Ivoire	51.94 years	62.11 years	+10.17 years	18
Bangladesh	64.91 years	74.93 years	+10.02 years	19
Central African Republic	47.7 years	57.67 years	+9.98 years	20
Sudan	56.77 years	66.52 years	+9.75 years	21
Sri Lanka	68.02 years	77.67 years	+9.65 years	22
Kazakhstan	65.04 years	74.53 years	+9.49 years	23
Cameroon	54.58 years	63.97 years	+9.39 years	24
Laos	60.08 years	69.23 years	+9.14 years	25
Niger	52.4 years	61.43 years	+9.03 years	26
Eritrea	60.06 years	68.89 years	+8.83 years	27
Burkina Faso	52.6 years	61.29 years	+8.69 years	28
Senegal	60.31 years	68.92 years	+8.62 years	29
Equatorial Guinea	55.31 years	63.91 years	+8.6 years	30
Congo - Kinshasa	53.53 years	62.07 years	+8.54 years	31
Afghanistan	57.81 years	66.29 years	+8.48 years	32
Somalia	50.69 years	58.97 years	+8.28 years	33
Maldives	73.01 years	81.29 years	+8.28 years	34
Djibouti	58.1 years	66.2 years	+8.1 years	35
Congo - Brazzaville	57.96 years	66 years	+8.04 years	36
Bhutan	65.29 years	73.26 years	+7.97 years	37
Russia	65.47 years	73.44 years	+7.97 years	38
Kuwait	76.73 years	84.58 years	+7.85 years	39
Iraq	64.63 years	72.42 years	+7.79 years	40
Mongolia	64.63 years	72.4 years	+7.77 years	41
India	64.48 years	72.24 years	+7.75 years	42
Cambodia	63.26 years	70.82 years	+7.56 years	43
Mali	53.25 years	60.68 years	+7.42 years	44
Suriname	66.36 years	73.76 years	+7.4 years	45
Estonia	71.91 years	79.3 years	+7.39 years	46
São Tomé & Príncipe	62.56 years	69.91 years	+7.34 years	47
Togo	55.61 years	62.94 years	+7.33 years	48
Gambia	58.75 years	66.06 years	+7.31 years	49
Morocco	68.27 years	75.49 years	+7.22 years	50
Ukraine	67.47 years	74.69 years	+7.22 years	51
Timor-Leste	60.74 years	67.9 years	+7.16 years	52
Azerbaijan	67.49 years	74.58 years	+7.09 years	53
Guinea	53.98 years	60.9 years	+6.93 years	54
Haiti	58.52 years	65.12 years	+6.6 years	55
Chad	48.69 years	55.24 years	+6.55 years	56
Peru	71.45 years	77.94 years	+6.49 years	57
Comoros	60.56 years	67.02 years	+6.47 years	58
Ghana	59.32 years	65.7 years	+6.38 years	59
Liberia	55.95 years	62.32 years	+6.38 years	60
Guyana	64.21 years	70.32 years	+6.11 years	61
Qatar	76.48 years	82.52 years	+6.04 years	62
South Korea	77.67 years	83.63 years	+5.96 years	63
Cayman Islands	74.6 years	80.54 years	+5.94 years	64
Nepal	64.74 years	70.64 years	+5.89 years	65
Kenya	57.95 years	63.83 years	+5.89 years	66
Gabon	62.69 years	68.51 years	+5.82 years	67
Iran	72.04 years	77.85 years	+5.81 years	68
Indonesia	65.52 years	71.29 years	+5.77 years	69
Cape Verde	70.5 years	76.22 years	+5.73 years	70
Myanmar (Burma)	61.44 years	67.1 years	+5.65 years	71
Bahrain	75.79 years	81.42 years	+5.64 years	72
Nicaragua	69.51 years	75.1 years	+5.59 years	73
Nigeria	49.15 years	54.64 years	+5.49 years	74
Oman	74.82 years	80.25 years	+5.43 years	75
Belarus	68.96 years	74.37 years	+5.41 years	76
Mauritania	63.37 years	68.71 years	+5.34 years	77
Uzbekistan	67.2 years	72.53 years	+5.33 years	78
Tajikistan	66.6 years	71.93 years	+5.32 years	79
Armenia	73.03 years	78.32 years	+5.29 years	80
Lithuania	71.96 years	77.2 years	+5.23 years	81
Jordan	72.79 years	77.98 years	+5.19 years	82
Colombia	72.76 years	77.91 years	+5.15 years	83
Kosovo	73.13 years	78.22 years	+5.09 years	84
Slovenia	77.21 years	82.29 years	+5.08 years	85
Puerto Rico	76.91 years	81.9 years	+4.99 years	86
Saudi Arabia	74.03 years	78.98 years	+4.95 years	87
Panama	74.85 years	79.78 years	+4.93 years	88
Bolivia	63.82 years	68.74 years	+4.92 years	89
Romania	71.56 years	76.46 years	+4.9 years	90
Denmark	77.49 years	82.25 years	+4.76 years	91
Portugal	77.67 years	82.38 years	+4.71 years	92
Pakistan	63.1 years	67.8 years	+4.7 years	93
South Sudan	53.05 years	57.74 years	+4.69 years	94
Brazil	71.36 years	76.02 years	+4.66 years	95
Yemen	64.88 years	69.44 years	+4.56 years	96
Guatemala	68.25 years	72.75 years	+4.5 years	97
Ireland	78.54 years	83.01 years	+4.47 years	98
Thailand	72.1 years	76.56 years	+4.46 years	99
Papua New Guinea	61.8 years	66.26 years	+4.46 years	100
North Korea	69.29 years	73.74 years	+4.45 years	101
Slovakia	73.96 years	78.37 years	+4.41 years	102
Latvia	72.03 years	76.43 years	+4.4 years	103
French Polynesia	79.83 years	84.19 years	+4.36 years	104
China	73.73 years	78.02 years	+4.29 years	105
Czechia	75.72 years	79.98 years	+4.26 years	106
Kyrgyzstan	68.15 years	72.4 years	+4.25 years	107
San Marino	81.59 years	85.82 years	+4.22 years	108
Isle of Man	76.88 years	81.09 years	+4.21 years	109
New Caledonia	74.71 years	78.92 years	+4.21 years	110
Türkiye	73.22 years	77.42 years	+4.2 years	111
Turkmenistan	66.06 years	70.2 years	+4.15 years	112
Hungary	72.65 years	76.72 years	+4.08 years	113
Luxembourg	79.12 years	83.2 years	+4.07 years	114
Spain	79.87 years	83.89 years	+4.02 years	115
Honduras	69.05 years	73.04 years	+3.99 years	116
Algeria	72.54 years	76.48 years	+3.94 years	117
Faroe Islands	79.2 years	83.08 years	+3.88 years	118
Singapore	79.49 years	83.35 years	+3.86 years	119
Albania	75.95 years	79.78 years	+3.83 years	120
Trinidad & Tobago	69.88 years	73.62 years	+3.74 years	121
Ecuador	73.87 years	77.58 years	+3.71 years	122
Malta	79.25 years	82.96 years	+3.7 years	123
Montenegro	74.21 years	77.89 years	+3.68 years	124
Madagascar	60.17 years	63.84 years	+3.67 years	125
Georgia	71.01 years	74.66 years	+3.65 years	126
Seychelles	72.66 years	76.3 years	+3.63 years	127
Finland	78.71 years	82.34 years	+3.62 years	128
Benin	57.35 years	60.96 years	+3.62 years	129
Egypt	68.21 years	71.81 years	+3.59 years	130
Hong Kong SAR China	81.8 years	85.39 years	+3.59 years	131
Bermuda	78.9 years	82.49 years	+3.59 years	132
Belize	70.15 years	73.74 years	+3.59 years	133
Palau	65.82 years	69.38 years	+3.57 years	134
Sweden	80.5 years	84.06 years	+3.57 years	135
Poland	74.85 years	78.41 years	+3.56 years	136
Greenland	66.81 years	70.27 years	+3.47 years	137
Belgium	78.88 years	82.3 years	+3.42 years	138
Croatia	75.52 years	78.93 years	+3.41 years	139
Switzerland	81.09 years	84.41 years	+3.32 years	140
Norway	79.84 years	83.16 years	+3.32 years	141
Moldova	68.02 years	71.33 years	+3.31 years	142
Serbia	72.68 years	75.97 years	+3.29 years	143
Aruba	73.22 years	76.5 years	+3.28 years	144
Tuvalu	63.99 years	67.26 years	+3.27 years	145
Curaçao	73.74 years	76.99 years	+3.25 years	146
Bulgaria	72.56 years	75.76 years	+3.2 years	147
Tunisia	73.52 years	76.71 years	+3.19 years	148
Italy	80.78 years	83.95 years	+3.17 years	149
Dominican Republic	70.73 years	73.87 years	+3.14 years	150
Chile	78.28 years	81.36 years	+3.08 years	151
Solomon Islands	67.63 years	70.69 years	+3.07 years	152
Israel	80.15 years	83.2 years	+3.05 years	153
Marshall Islands	64.04 years	67.08 years	+3.03 years	154
North Macedonia	73.6 years	76.62 years	+3.02 years	155
El Salvador	69.3 years	72.3 years	+3.01 years	156
U.S. Virgin Islands	77.77 years	80.77 years	+3 years	157
Uruguay	75.32 years	78.29 years	+2.97 years	158
Nauru	59.35 years	62.28 years	+2.93 years	159
Paraguay	71.05 years	73.98 years	+2.93 years	160
Grenada	72.45 years	75.37 years	+2.92 years	161
Netherlands	79.1 years	81.97 years	+2.87 years	162
St. Martin	77.61 years	80.44 years	+2.83 years	163
France	80.16 years	82.98 years	+2.82 years	164
Austria	79.18 years	82 years	+2.81 years	165
Cyprus	79.01 years	81.82 years	+2.81 years	166
Greece	79.04 years	81.84 years	+2.8 years	167
United Arab Emirates	80.27 years	83.07 years	+2.8 years	168
Malaysia	74.03 years	76.82 years	+2.79 years	169
Gibraltar	80.86 years	83.63 years	+2.77 years	170
Argentina	74.87 years	77.54 years	+2.67 years	171
Vanuatu	68.99 years	71.65 years	+2.67 years	172
United Kingdom	78.75 years	81.39 years	+2.64 years	173
Tonga	70.43 years	73.07 years	+2.64 years	174
Australia	80.49 years	83.05 years	+2.56 years	175
Turks & Caicos Islands	75.63 years	78.18 years	+2.55 years	176
Costa Rica	78.51 years	81 years	+2.48 years	177
New Zealand	79.55 years	82.01 years	+2.46 years	178
Micronesia	64.9 years	67.36 years	+2.46 years	179
Antigua & Barbuda	75.33 years	77.77 years	+2.44 years	180
Liechtenstein	81.77 years	84.2 years	+2.43 years	181
Monaco	84.15 years	86.5 years	+2.35 years	182
Macao SAR China	80.99 years	83.33 years	+2.34 years	183
Lebanon	75.69 years	77.95 years	+2.25 years	184
Northern Mariana Islands	76.79 years	78.95 years	+2.16 years	185
Canada	79.99 years	82.11 years	+2.12 years	186
Germany	78.68 years	80.79 years	+2.11 years	187
British Virgin Islands	75.4 years	77.43 years	+2.03 years	188
Japan	82.03 years	84.04 years	+2.01 years	189
Sint Maarten	74.62 years	76.53 years	+1.91 years	190
Mexico	73.43 years	75.26 years	+1.83 years	191
Iceland	81 years	82.81 years	+1.81 years	192
Vietnam	73.06 years	74.74 years	+1.67 years	193
Philippines	68.3 years	69.95 years	+1.64 years	194
Fiji	65.84 years	67.46 years	+1.62 years	195
Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.49 years	78.04 years	+1.55 years	196
Mauritius	72.27 years	73.79 years	+1.52 years	197
Bahamas	73.24 years	74.71 years	+1.47 years	198
United States	77.49 years	78.89 years	+1.4 years	199
Channel Islands	79.8 years	81.2 years	+1.4 years	200
Andorra	82.82 years	84.19 years	+1.37 years	201
St. Kitts & Nevis	70.92 years	72.28 years	+1.36 years	202
Guam	76.11 years	77.42 years	+1.31 years	203
Kiribati	65.42 years	66.6 years	+1.18 years	204
Barbados	75.15 years	76.33 years	+1.18 years	205
Cuba	77.33 years	78.26 years	+0.94 years	206
St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.45 years	71.38 years	+0.94 years	207
Brunei	74.6 years	75.5 years	+0.9 years	208
American Samoa	72.28 years	72.99 years	+0.72 years	209
St. Lucia	72.45 years	72.85 years	+0.39 years	210
Samoa	71.51 years	71.83 years	+0.32 years	211
Syria	72.49 years	72.56 years	+0.07 years	212
Jamaica	71.54 years	71.61 years	+0.06 years	213
Venezuela	72.75 years	72.67 years	−0.08 years	214
Libya	71.21 years	71.12 years	−0.09 years	215
Dominica	71.99 years	71.29 years	−0.69 years	216
Palestinian Territories	71.09 years	69.21 years	−1.88 years	217

How to interpret this change: Life expectancy at birth

Years a newborn would live if the year’s mortality patterns remained constant.

A period measure based on current mortality rates, not a prediction for an individual.

Methodology and limitations

Only observations available in both exact years are compared. Data are not interpolated and nearest years are not used.

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators.

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