World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Sri Lanka

Most recent: 77.67 (2024)
Earliest: 60.6 (1960)
Highest: 77.67 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Sri Lanka 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	77.67
2023	77.48
2022	77.3
2021	76.28
2020	76.93
2019	76.7
2018	76.48
2017	76.24
2016	76.14
2015	75.99
2014	75.76
2013	75.55
2012	75.19
2011	74.74
2010	74.46
2009	70.3
2008	72.56
2007	72.98
2006	72.83
2005	73.07
2004	68.02
2003	72.44
2002	72.27
2001	71.8
2000	71.18
1999	70.43
1998	70.13
1997	69.93
1996	69.84
1995	69.75
1994	70.21
1993	70.05
1992	69.62
1991	69.13
1990	69.24
1989	67.28
1988	69
1987	69.01
1986	68.96
1985	68.88
1984	68.76
1983	68.73
1982	68.67
1981	68.38
1980	68.01
1979	67.51
1978	66.84
1977	66.39
1976	65.84
1975	65.36
1974	64.97
1973	64.78
1972	64.62
1971	64.24
1970	64.35
1969	64.14
1968	63.87
1967	63.56
1966	63.16
1965	62.79
1964	62.38
1963	62.03
1962	61.63
1961	61.16
1960	60.6

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