World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Afghanistan

Most recent: 66.29 (2024)
Earliest: 32.8 (1960)
Highest: 66.29 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Afghanistan at the United Nations

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	66.29
2023	66.03
2022	65.62
2021	60.42
2020	61.45
2019	62.94
2018	62.44
2017	62.41
2016	62.65
2015	62.27
2014	62.26
2013	62.19
2012	61.73
2011	61.25
2010	60.7
2009	60.25
2008	59.71
2007	58.96
2006	58.55
2005	58.25
2004	57.81
2003	57.17
2002	56.23
2001	55.51
2000	55.01
1999	54.53
1998	52.49
1997	53.21
1996	52.83
1995	52.1
1994	50.97
1993	51.02
1992	46.57
1991	45.52
1990	45.12
1989	44.5
1988	43.24
1987	38.83
1986	38.4
1985	32.13
1984	31.47
1983	36.52
1982	36.06
1981	39.41
1980	39.26
1979	38.84
1978	40.09
1977	41.08
1976	40.52
1975	39.99
1974	39.47
1973	38.95
1972	38.42
1971	37.93
1970	37.46
1969	36.98
1968	36.51
1967	36.04
1966	35.58
1965	35.12
1964	34.67
1963	34.2
1962	33.76
1961	33.29
1960	32.8

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