Health · New Zealand
Yearly data from 1960 to 2024, from the World Bank.
New Zealand's life expectancy at birth, male (years) was 80.4 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.84% from 79.73 in 2014 (0.08% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 80.4 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 80.3 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 79.73 | 2014 |
| Highest | 80.5 | 2020 |
| Lowest | 68.1 | 1966 |
| Average since 2015 | 80.22 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 68.7 | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 0.12% from 80.3 in 2019. Since 1960 it is up 17.03% from 68.7 in 1960 (0.25% a year on average, compounded).
In 2024, New Zealand's life expectancy at birth, male (years) rose 0.3 on 2023 (from 80.1 to 80.4).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.21 and a typical year strayed about 0.24 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.9 in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.6 in 1973. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.04 a year. A straight line explains 40% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2024, New Zealand had the 29th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 80.4 | 2024 |
| World | 71.12 | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 73.92 | 2024 |
| High income | 77.76 | 2024 |
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Limitations: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Life expectancy at birth, male (years) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.4 |
| 2023 | 80.1 |
| 2022 | 80.3 |
| 2021 | 80.5 |
| 2020 | 80.5 |
| 2019 | 80.3 |
| 2018 | 80 |
| 2017 | 80.2 |
| 2016 | 80 |
| 2015 | 79.91 |
| 2014 | 79.73 |
| 2013 | 79.6 |
| 2012 | 79.7 |
| 2011 | 79.4 |
| 2010 | 79.1 |
| 2009 | 78.8 |
| 2008 | 78.4 |
| 2007 | 78.2 |
| 2006 | 78 |
| 2005 | 77.9 |
| 2004 | 77.5 |
| 2003 | 77 |
| 2002 | 76.7 |
| 2001 | 76.4 |
| 2000 | 76.1 |
| 1999 | 75.5 |
| 1998 | 75.5 |
| 1997 | 74.7 |
| 1996 | 74.3 |
| 1995 | 74.1 |
| 1994 | 74.2 |
| 1993 | 73.8 |
| 1992 | 73.1 |
| 1991 | 73.3 |
| 1990 | 72.5 |
| 1989 | 71.8 |
| 1988 | 71.4 |
| 1987 | 71.3 |
| 1986 | 71 |
| 1985 | 71 |
| 1984 | 71.2 |
| 1983 | 70.8 |
| 1982 | 70.7 |
| 1981 | 70.5 |
| 1980 | 70 |
| 1979 | 69.8 |
| 1978 | 69.8 |
| 1977 | 68.9 |
| 1976 | 69.3 |
| 1975 | 69 |
| 1974 | 68.9 |
| 1973 | 68.4 |
| 1972 | 69 |
| 1971 | 68.7 |
| 1970 | 68.2 |
| 1969 | 68.4 |
| 1968 | 68.1 |
| 1967 | 68.4 |
| 1966 | 68.1 |
| 1965 | 68.3 |
| 1964 | 68.5 |
| 1963 | 68.5 |
| 1962 | 68.5 |
| 1961 | 68.4 |
| 1960 | 68.7 |
Every indicator for New Zealand is on the New Zealand data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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