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West Bank and Gaza — Life expectancy
Life Expectancy at Birth for West Bank and Gaza, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
69.2
Life Expectancy at Birth · years · +2.1% since 1990
Life expectancy for West Bank and Gaza was 69.2 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 76.7 in 2022. The lowest was 65.2 in 2023 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.06% per year.
West Bank and Gaza ranks 160 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 76.7, so West Bank and Gaza sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
69.2
First (1990)
67.8
Change
+2.1%
Highest
76.7
in 2022
Lowest
65.2
in 2023
Average
71.7
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.06%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | years |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.21 |
| 2023 | 65.17 |
| 2022 | 76.66 |
| 2021 | 73.89 |
| 2020 | 75 |
| 2019 | 75.81 |
| 2018 | 75.38 |
| 2017 | 75.22 |
| 2016 | 74.92 |
| 2015 | 74.58 |
| 2014 | 72.78 |
| 2013 | 74.14 |
Reading this correctly. Number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of birth stayed the same throughout its life. Figures are in years. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.LE00.IN — Life Expectancy at Birth. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.