Singapore's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) was 90% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.2 percentage points from 88.8% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 90% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 90.15% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 88.8% | 2014 |
| Highest | 90.15% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 55.48% | 1960 |
| Average since 2015 | 88.95% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 55.48% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Singapore's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) rose 2.15 percentage points on 2023 (from 87.86% to 90%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.18 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.65 percentage points in 2022. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Singapore had the 20th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 90% | 2024 |
| World | 74% | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 78.85% | 2024 |
| High income | 83.01% | 2024 |
Closest to Singapore in the 2024 ranking
- Korea, Rep. — 17th of 217: 90.56%
- Malta — 18th of 217: 90.22%
- Japan — 19th of 217: 90.06%
- Australia — 21st of 217: 90%
- Bahrain — 22nd of 217: 90%
- Netherlands — 23rd of 217: 89.85%
What this measures
Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 65 values
| Year | Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 90 |
| 2023 | 87.86 |
| 2022 | 85.68 |
| 2021 | 88.33 |
| 2020 | 90.13 |
| 2019 | 90.15 |
| 2018 | 89.78 |
| 2017 | 89.41 |
| 2016 | 89.2 |
| 2015 | 89.01 |
| 2014 |
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 70.16% (2024)
- Australia — 90% (2024)
- Brunei Darussalam — 78.4% (2024)
- Cambodia — 69.41% (2024)
- China — 81.66% (2024)
- Fiji — 59.12% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 91.96% (2024)
- Guam — 73% (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 90.62% (2024)
- Indonesia — 70.38% (2024)
- Japan
More health data for Singapore
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.06% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 3.99% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 348,990 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 11.81% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 365,355 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 11.57% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 714,345 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 11.69% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 3.94% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Singapore's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)?
- 90% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 34.52 percentage points from 55.48% in 1960. The highest value was 90.15% in 2019 and the lowest 55.48% in 1960.
- How does Singapore rank?
- 20th highest of 217 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) unusual for Singapore?
- In 2024, Singapore's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) rose 2.15 percentage points on 2023 (from 87.86% to 90%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.TO65.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division 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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