Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) in East Timor
East Timor: Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) was 23.95 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 60, male in East Timor, 1960–2024
Source: 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 60, male in East Timor is 23.95 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 48.9% on the previous year and up 53.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 60, male in East Timor peaked at 23.95 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.48 years, in 1978.
That places East Timor 18th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) in East Timor, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 10.94 years | — |
| 1961 | 11.01 years | +0.7% |
| 1962 | 11.09 years | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 11.17 years | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 11.25 years | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 11.33 years | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 11.41 years | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 11.5 years | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 11.59 years | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 11.67 years | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 11.76 years | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 11.84 years | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 11.92 years | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 12.01 years | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 11.52 years | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 8.76 years | -23.9% |
| 1976 | 9.04 years | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 8.85 years | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 8.48 years | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 8.7 years | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 9.79 years | +12.6% |
| 1981 | 9.97 years | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 10.15 years | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 10.23 years | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 10.56 years | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 10.54 years | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 10.61 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 10.83 years | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 10.85 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 12.72 years | +17.3% |
| 1990 | 12.79 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 12.74 years | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 12.91 years | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 13.01 years | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 13.14 years | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 13.04 years | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 13.11 years | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 13.19 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 13.09 years | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 12.36 years | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 14.66 years | +18.6% |
| 2001 | 14.75 years | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 14.85 years | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 14.94 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 15.03 years | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 15.1 years | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 15.19 years | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 15.26 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 15.33 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 15.39 years | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 15.44 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 15.49 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 15.55 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 15.59 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 15.64 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 15.68 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 15.73 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 15.77 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 15.81 years | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 15.85 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 15.69 years | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 15.42 years | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 16.02 years | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 16.08 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 23.95 years | +48.9% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 23.95 years is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 18.3 years, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 23.95 years is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 19.06 years, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +48.9% | 16.08 years | 23.95 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.3 years | 10.94 years | 11.67 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 10.29 years | 8.48 years | 12.01 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.63 years | 9.79 years | 12.72 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.94 years | 12.36 years | 13.19 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.05 years | 14.66 years | 15.39 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.66 years | 15.44 years | 15.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.43 years | 15.42 years | 23.95 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More gender data for East Timor
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 462.75 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4702 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1,057 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,057 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 14,331 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 15,248 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 14,172 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 15,056 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 14,127 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 60, male in East Timor?
- Life expectancy at age 60, male in East Timor was 23.95 years in 2024, according to 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 60, male recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 23.95 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 60, male recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.48 years in 1978.
- How does East Timor rank for life expectancy at age 60, male?
- East Timor ranks 18th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at age 60, male rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023, published as part of Life expectancy at age 60, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at age 60, male is the average number of years that a male at age 60 would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of age 60 were to stay the same throughout his life.