World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): South Korea

Most recent: 83.63 (2024)
Earliest: 53.8 (1960)
Highest: 83.63 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: South Korea 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	83.63
2023	83.43
2022	82.68
2021	83.53
2020	83.43
2019	83.23
2018	82.63
2017	82.63
2016	82.28
2015	82.02
2014	81.72
2013	81.27
2012	80.82
2011	80.57
2010	80.12
2009	79.97
2008	79.52
2007	79.12
2006	78.67
2005	78.17
2004	77.67
2003	77.21
2002	76.77
2001	76.41
2000	75.91
1999	75.41
1998	75
1997	74.6
1996	74.15
1995	73.7
1994	73.4
1993	73
1992	72.5
1991	72.05
1990	71.6
1989	71.05
1988	70.55
1987	70
1986	69.45
1985	68.8
1984	68.2
1983	67.55
1982	67.1
1981	66.55
1980	66.05
1979	65.55
1978	65.2
1977	64.9
1976	64.5
1975	64.15
1974	63.8
1973	63.41
1972	63.01
1971	62.61
1970	62.16
1969	61.48
1968	60.94
1967	60.93
1966	55.52
1965	55.86
1964	55.39
1963	55.03
1962	55.05
1961	54.48
1960	53.8

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