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UK life expectancy

The United Kingdom's life expectancy was 81.4 years in 2024.

That is the 42nd highest of the 209 countries with data. Source: World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN (CC BY 4.0). Latest year the source publishes.

HighestMonaco86.5 years
Median of 20974.5 yearshalf of countries are above this

How the United Kingdom compares

The four countries ranked above and below the United Kingdom, highest first.

  1. 38Puerto Rico81.9
  2. 39Greece81.8
  3. 40Cyprus81.8
  4. 41Bahrain81.4
  5. 42United Kingdom81.4
  6. 43Chile81.4
  7. 44Maldives81.3
  8. 45Isle of Man81.1
  9. 46Costa Rica81.0

What it means

How long a baby born today would live if death rates never changed.

What it does not tell you

It is a snapshot of today's death rates across all ages, not a forecast for any one person.

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Country data from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Page built 2026-10-09 from the Ceteris Atlas.
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