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Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
This series has no golden-value checks assigned yet, so it is labelled unverified. The values are ingested from the official source with full provenance, but nothing here has been confirmed against a hand-checked reference point.
Coverage 1960-01-01 to 2024-01-01 · series id worldbank/SP.DYN.LE00.IN:PRK
Recent values
| Period | Value | Revision |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-01 | 73.743 | 1 |
| 2023-01-01 | 73.642 | 1 |
| 2022-01-01 | 73.641 | 1 |
| 2021-01-01 | 73.437 | 1 |
| 2020-01-01 | 72.783 | 1 |
| 2019-01-01 | 72.928 | 1 |
| 2018-01-01 | 73.02 | 1 |
| 2017-01-01 | 73.034 | 1 |
| 2016-01-01 | 72.971 | 1 |
| 2015-01-01 | 72.825 | 1 |
| 2014-01-01 | 72.451 | 1 |
| 2013-01-01 | 71.867 | 1 |
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License cc-by-4.0 (terms). Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators. Licensed under CC BY-4.0.
Official table: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) · The World Bank Group
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