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Life expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy at birth (years) Source: WHO Global Health Observatory (indicator WHOSIS_000001). Rows are country x year; sex-disaggregated rows carry a sex label.
- Source: WHO Global Health Observatory
- Category: health
- Tags: life-expectancymortalitywho
- Rows: 12,210
- Date range: 2000 – 2021 (year)
- Last refresh: 2026-09-21T00:39:01+00:00 (cadence: yearly)
- Quality score: 97.0 / 100
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| country_code | country_name | year | sex | value | low | high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFG | AFG | 2000 | SEX_BTSX | 53.82332641 | 52.75192313 | 54.92601533 |
| AFG | AFG | 2000 | SEX_FMLE | 54.42957895 | 53.41471442 | 55.62508896 |
| AFG | AFG | 2000 | SEX_MLE | 53.24999078 | 52.28245137 | 54.25951111 |
| AFG | AFG | 2001 | SEX_BTSX | 53.91018761 | 52.85725031 | 54.84655332 |
| AFG | AFG | 2001 | SEX_FMLE | 54.57005863 | 53.56014964 | 55.62005472 |
| AFG | AFG | 2001 | SEX_MLE | 53.28463944 | 52.30116388 | 54.37248665 |
| AFG | AFG | 2002 | SEX_BTSX | 55.15447775 | 54.07854742 | 56.22227749 |
| AFG | AFG | 2002 | SEX_FMLE | 55.40158557 | 54.54242828 | 56.36366661 |
| AFG | AFG | 2002 | SEX_MLE | 54.92199306 | 53.95335545 | 55.98962512 |
| AFG | AFG | 2003 | SEX_BTSX | 56.08520691 | 55.06893447 | 57.03460891 |
| AFG | AFG | 2003 | SEX_FMLE | 56.24283698 | 55.25509419 | 57.44400483 |
| AFG | AFG | 2003 | SEX_MLE | 55.94945784 | 54.98221944 | 56.97706864 |
| AFG | AFG | 2004 | SEX_BTSX | 56.47652053 | 55.55040155 | 57.20113694 |
| AFG | AFG | 2004 | SEX_FMLE | 56.64747215 | 55.56443401 | 57.9448105 |
| AFG | AFG | 2004 | SEX_MLE | 56.32996533 | 55.46817074 | 57.22538509 |
| AFG | AFG | 2005 | SEX_BTSX | 56.79050349 | 55.74024243 | 57.75275925 |
| AFG | AFG | 2005 | SEX_FMLE | 57.01443306 | 56.02970166 | 58.25638614 |
| AFG | AFG | 2005 | SEX_MLE | 56.59518614 | 55.71295893 | 57.59205939 |
| AFG | AFG | 2006 | SEX_BTSX | 56.992143 | 56.04500028 | 57.92078526 |
| AFG | AFG | 2006 | SEX_FMLE | 57.43716396 | 56.4976739 | 58.5483764 |
| AFG | AFG | 2006 | SEX_MLE | 56.5892561 | 55.79130711 | 57.67953918 |
| AFG | AFG | 2007 | SEX_BTSX | 57.2548387 | 56.28625129 | 58.42213026 |
| AFG | AFG | 2007 | SEX_FMLE | 57.83807955 | 56.86243895 | 58.73687849 |
| AFG | AFG | 2007 | SEX_MLE | 56.72813412 | 55.81552075 | 57.71652235 |
| AFG | AFG | 2008 | SEX_BTSX | 57.9008556 | 56.94834729 | 59.03926021 |
| AFG | AFG | 2008 | SEX_FMLE | 58.34684959 | 57.4128265 | 59.35581588 |
| AFG | AFG | 2008 | SEX_MLE | 57.51223192 | 56.66202741 | 58.42206024 |
| AFG | AFG | 2009 | SEX_BTSX | 58.52946588 | 57.5478175 | 59.44555685 |
| AFG | AFG | 2009 | SEX_FMLE | 59.02031986 | 58.12608171 | 60.04074765 |
| AFG | AFG | 2009 | SEX_MLE | 58.09991419 | 57.29367603 | 59.23855648 |
| AFG | AFG | 2010 | SEX_BTSX | 59.00377167 | 58.01932323 | 60.22960156 |
| AFG | AFG | 2010 | SEX_FMLE | 59.50593933 | 58.48566872 | 60.64275779 |
| AFG | AFG | 2010 | SEX_MLE | 58.57066508 | 57.85544711 | 59.65118527 |
| AFG | AFG | 2011 | SEX_BTSX | 59.54863714 | 58.46143301 | 60.7627868 |
| AFG | AFG | 2011 | SEX_FMLE | 60.04935162 | 59.05278727 | 61.14015157 |
| AFG | AFG | 2011 | SEX_MLE | 59.12294823 | 58.19134641 | 60.41071048 |
| AFG | AFG | 2012 | SEX_BTSX | 59.92210578 | 58.92077833 | 61.05985922 |
| AFG | AFG | 2012 | SEX_FMLE | 60.50475078 | 59.69929129 | 61.77060586 |
| AFG | AFG | 2012 | SEX_MLE | 59.42176565 | 58.21727267 | 60.40756474 |
| AFG | AFG | 2013 | SEX_BTSX | 60.43497705 | 59.43754703 | 61.52134562 |
| AFG | AFG | 2013 | SEX_FMLE | 61.00436847 | 60.01965476 | 62.3072073 |
| AFG | AFG | 2013 | SEX_MLE | 59.95228447 | 59.05395255 | 60.88620425 |
| AFG | AFG | 2014 | SEX_BTSX | 60.42859204 | 59.51373352 | 61.28916337 |
| AFG | AFG | 2014 | SEX_FMLE | 61.29263706 | 60.33926978 | 62.28102223 |
| AFG | AFG | 2014 | SEX_MLE | 59.66268077 | 58.76795345 | 60.66082144 |
| AFG | AFG | 2015 | SEX_BTSX | 60.32951348 | 59.49081483 | 61.3663229 |
| AFG | AFG | 2015 | SEX_FMLE | 61.49359656 | 60.67004244 | 62.55552171 |
| AFG | AFG | 2015 | SEX_MLE | 59.28589499 | 58.44824508 | 60.21825044 |
| AFG | AFG | 2016 | SEX_BTSX | 60.39366208 | 59.36552674 | 61.46105896 |
| AFG | AFG | 2016 | SEX_FMLE | 61.72904065 | 60.88317247 | 62.72015297 |
| AFG | AFG | 2016 | SEX_MLE | 59.19898852 | 58.32906695 | 60.24845203 |
| AFG | AFG | 2017 | SEX_BTSX | 60.8752198 | 59.98635176 | 61.711239 |
| AFG | AFG | 2017 | SEX_FMLE | 62.05236203 | 61.27169468 | 62.96786853 |
| AFG | AFG | 2017 | SEX_MLE | 59.83439393 | 58.98838627 | 60.85870591 |
| AFG | AFG | 2018 | SEX_BTSX | 60.48797975 | 59.65831622 | 61.50443406 |
| AFG | AFG | 2018 | SEX_FMLE | 62.13596497 | 61.26206262 | 62.95937732 |
| AFG | AFG | 2018 | SEX_MLE | 59.01023641 | 58.11277187 | 59.90439861 |
| AFG | AFG | 2019 | SEX_BTSX | 61.22381311 | 60.2634655 | 62.15733134 |
| AFG | AFG | 2019 | SEX_FMLE | 62.54955059 | 61.68650642 | 63.51057748 |
| AFG | AFG | 2019 | SEX_MLE | 60.04471263 | 59.31450656 | 61.08761893 |
| AFG | AFG | 2020 | SEX_BTSX | 60.49099642 | 59.75520261 | 61.4810888 |
| AFG | AFG | 2020 | SEX_FMLE | 61.68773538 | 60.91737058 | 62.40650787 |
| AFG | AFG | 2020 | SEX_MLE | 59.33504278 | 58.64936287 | 60.34601741 |
| AFG | AFG | 2021 | SEX_BTSX | 59.12690224 | 58.34885099 | 59.85427355 |
| AFG | AFG | 2021 | SEX_FMLE | 60.98603789 | 60.19122229 | 61.72573542 |
| AFG | AFG | 2021 | SEX_MLE | 57.40378236 | 56.6275412 | 58.20410936 |
| AGO | AGO | 2000 | SEX_BTSX | 49.36774351 | 48.17687619 | 50.41315351 |
| AGO | AGO | 2000 | SEX_FMLE | 51.85894906 | 50.90116926 | 53.05162083 |
| AGO | AGO | 2000 | SEX_MLE | 46.96798178 | 46.14223738 | 48.07829569 |
| AGO | AGO | 2001 | SEX_BTSX | 50.06036648 | 49.01525633 | 51.15280983 |
| AGO | AGO | 2001 | SEX_FMLE | 52.52740153 | 51.55781824 | 53.52633846 |
| AGO | AGO | 2001 | SEX_MLE | 47.67809162 | 46.75009866 | 48.77480768 |
| AGO | AGO | 2002 | SEX_BTSX | 51.05750193 | 50.02276962 | 52.13888428 |
| AGO | AGO | 2002 | SEX_FMLE | 53.06868483 | 52.23863218 | 54.11403462 |
| AGO | AGO | 2002 | SEX_MLE | 49.06774584 | 47.99070618 | 50.15213535 |
| AGO | AGO | 2003 | SEX_BTSX | 51.74053195 | 50.808791 | 52.74522704 |
| AGO | AGO | 2003 | SEX_FMLE | 53.5722145 | 52.49731563 | 54.41511071 |
| AGO | AGO | 2003 | SEX_MLE | 49.90832508 | 48.89308596 | 50.87011803 |
| AGO | AGO | 2004 | SEX_BTSX | 52.3558271 | 51.48557877 | 53.27481628 |
| AGO | AGO | 2004 | SEX_FMLE | 54.21461698 | 53.42262577 | 55.1632634 |
| AGO | AGO | 2004 | SEX_MLE | 50.49818843 | 49.57261707 | 51.41194325 |
| AGO | AGO | 2005 | SEX_BTSX | 53.34585395 | 52.36721495 | 54.26560348 |
| AGO | AGO | 2005 | SEX_FMLE | 55.16790921 | 54.31950661 | 56.15152203 |
| AGO | AGO | 2005 | SEX_MLE | 51.51610633 | 50.52190569 | 52.54468715 |
| AGO | AGO | 2006 | SEX_BTSX | 54.27926946 | 53.20532469 | 55.22637612 |
| AGO | AGO | 2006 | SEX_FMLE | 56.22271905 | 55.37207434 | 57.34960158 |
| AGO | AGO | 2006 | SEX_MLE | 52.33699654 | 51.29704796 | 53.28439363 |
| AGO | AGO | 2007 | SEX_BTSX | 55.35489997 | 54.54256726 | 56.36138615 |
| AGO | AGO | 2007 | SEX_FMLE | 57.42138624 | 56.57931304 | 58.26932237 |
| AGO | AGO | 2007 | SEX_MLE | 53.29714777 | 52.41492698 | 54.23901364 |
| AGO | AGO | 2008 | SEX_BTSX | 56.22016209 | 55.34725156 | 57.09774137 |
| AGO | AGO | 2008 | SEX_FMLE | 58.23962808 | 57.43784126 | 59.1955986 |
| AGO | AGO | 2008 | SEX_MLE | 54.19977394 | 53.2406159 | 55.24471814 |
| AGO | AGO | 2009 | SEX_BTSX | 57.07394875 | 56.35423582 | 57.91951572 |
| AGO | AGO | 2009 | SEX_FMLE | 59.14857721 | 58.4387216 | 59.90789595 |
| AGO | AGO | 2009 | SEX_MLE | 55.00284097 | 54.16394342 | 56.03698312 |
| AGO | AGO | 2010 | SEX_BTSX | 57.96461105 | 56.98949457 | 58.75370965 |
| AGO | AGO | 2010 | SEX_FMLE | 60.07161543 | 59.30557396 | 60.80244959 |
| AGO | AGO | 2010 | SEX_MLE | 55.86105941 | 54.88831703 | 56.83033172 |
| AGO | AGO | 2011 | SEX_BTSX | 58.75334146 | 57.81380872 | 59.65712023 |
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Fields
| Name | Type | Description | Unit / format | Nullable | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
country_code |
varchar | Country code (WHO GHO API field SpatialDim, country-level rows only). | Not documented by source | No | AFG, AFG, AFG |
country_name |
varchar | Country name from the WHO GHO COUNTRY dimension labels. | Not documented by source | No | AFG, AFG, AFG |
year |
bigint | Year of observation (WHO GHO API field TimeDim). | Not documented by source | No | 2000, 2000, 2000 |
sex |
varchar | Sex disaggregation label (WHO GHO API dimension Dim1). Only present when the indicator is published sex-disaggregated. | Not documented by source | No | SEX_BTSX, SEX_FMLE, SEX_MLE |
value |
double | Estimate value for the country, year (and sex where present), as defined by the WHO GHO indicator (see the dataset description; WHO GHO API field NumericValue). | Not documented by source | No | 53.82332641, 54.42957895, 53.24999078 |
low |
double | Lower bound of the published uncertainty interval (WHO GHO API field Low). Only present when the indicator publishes uncertainty intervals. | Not documented by source | Yes | 52.75192313, 53.41471442, 52.28245137 |
high |
double | Upper bound of the published uncertainty interval (WHO GHO API field High). Only present when the indicator publishes uncertainty intervals. | Not documented by source | Yes | 54.92601533, 55.62508896, 54.25951111 |
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- Provider: WHO Global Health Observatory
- The WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) is the World Health Organization's data portal for global health statistics, publishing indicators on mortality, disease burden, risk factors, and health systems.
- Provider site: https://www.who.int/data/gho
- Source data URL: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/WHOSIS_000001
- License: Not licensed for commercial use (personal/internal use only). Attribution is required when you use this data.
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- Refresh cadence: yearly
- Provenance: Ingested by the WHO Global Health Observatory connector (v1.0.0) from https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/WHOSIS_000001; latest snapshot 20260921T003901Z-dca2f2b5afea (sha256 dca2f2b5afea…)