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Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in West Bank and Gaza was 75.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.92 in 2020 and a minimum value of 69.46 in 1990.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

Year	Value
1990	69.46
1991	69.85
1992	70.22
1993	70.57
1994	70.90
1995	71.22
1996	71.51
1997	71.80
1998	72.07
1999	72.32
2000	72.57
2001	72.81
2002	73.04
2003	73.27
2004	73.49
2005	73.70
2006	73.89
2007	74.08
2008	74.25
2009	74.41
2010	74.56
2011	74.69
2012	74.82
2013	74.94
2014	75.06
2015	75.18
2016	75.31
2017	75.45
2018	75.60
2019	75.76
2020	75.92

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in West Bank and Gaza was 74.21 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 74.21 in 2020 and a minimum value of 68.05 in 1990.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)

Year	Value
1990	68.05
1991	68.43
1992	68.80
1993	69.14
1994	69.46
1995	69.76
1996	70.04
1997	70.31
1998	70.56
1999	70.80
2000	71.02
2001	71.24
2002	71.45
2003	71.65
2004	71.84
2005	72.03
2006	72.20
2007	72.37
2008	72.52
2009	72.66
2010	72.79
2011	72.92
2012	73.04
2013	73.17
2014	73.30
2015	73.44
2016	73.59
2017	73.74
2018	73.90
2019	74.05
2020	74.21

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in West Bank and Gaza was 72.57 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.57 in 2020 and a minimum value of 66.64 in 1990.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Year	Value
1990	66.64
1991	67.02
1992	67.37
1993	67.71
1994	68.02
1995	68.32
1996	68.59
1997	68.85
1998	69.09
1999	69.31
2000	69.52
2001	69.72
2002	69.91
2003	70.09
2004	70.26
2005	70.43
2006	70.59
2007	70.73
2008	70.86
2009	70.98
2010	71.10
2011	71.22
2012	71.35
2013	71.49
2014	71.63
2015	71.79
2016	71.95
2017	72.11
2018	72.26
2019	72.42
2020	72.57

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality