Afghanistan · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in Afghanistan
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
66.29years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.38% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 66.289 | present |
| 2023 | 66.035 | present |
| 2022 | 65.617 | present |
| 2021 | 60.417 | present |
| 2020 | 61.454 | present |
| 2019 | 62.941 | present |
| 2018 | 62.443 | present |
| 2017 | 62.406 | present |
| 2016 | 62.646 | present |
| 2015 | 62.27 | present |
| 2014 | 62.26 | present |
| 2013 | 62.188 | present |
| 2012 | 61.735 | present |
| 2011 | 61.25 | present |
| 2010 | 60.702 | present |
| 2009 | 60.248 | present |
| 2008 | 59.708 | present |
| 2007 | 58.956 | present |
| 2006 | 58.553 | present |
| 2005 | 58.247 | present |
| 2004 | 57.81 | present |
| 2003 | 57.171 | present |
| 2002 | 56.225 | present |
| 2001 | 55.511 | present |
| 2000 | 55.005 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.