New Zealand · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in New Zealand
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
82.01years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.31% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 82.009756097561 | present |
| 2023 | 81.7585365853659 | present |
| 2022 | 81.9585365853658 | present |
| 2021 | 82.2073170731707 | present |
| 2020 | 82.2560975609756 | present |
| 2019 | 82.0560975609756 | present |
| 2018 | 81.7073170731707 | present |
| 2017 | 81.8585365853659 | present |
| 2016 | 81.6585365853659 | present |
| 2015 | 81.6124390243903 | present |
| 2014 | 81.4568292682927 | present |
| 2013 | 81.4048780487805 | present |
| 2012 | 81.4073170731707 | present |
| 2011 | 81.1560975609756 | present |
| 2010 | 80.9048780487805 | present |
| 2009 | 80.7024390243902 | present |
| 2008 | 80.3512195121951 | present |
| 2007 | 80.1512195121951 | present |
| 2006 | 80.0487804878049 | present |
| 2005 | 79.8512195121951 | present |
| 2004 | 79.5487804878049 | present |
| 2003 | 79.1463414634146 | present |
| 2002 | 78.8463414634146 | present |
| 2001 | 78.6926829268293 | present |
| 2000 | 78.6365853658537 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.