Life Expectancy at Birth in Kosovo
Kosovo: Life Expectancy at Birth was 79.52 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
79.52
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
55th
of 216 countries
All-time high
79.52
in 2022
All-time low
61.48
in 1960
Years of data
63
1960–2022
Life Expectancy at Birth in Kosovo, 1960–2022
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Kosovo recorded 79.52 for life expectancy at birth in 2022. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth in Kosovo peaked at 79.52 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 61.48, in 1960.
Kosovo ranks 55th of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Life Expectancy at Birth in Kosovo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 61.48 | — |
| 1961 | 61.84 | +0.6% |
| 1962 | 62.13 | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 62.44 | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 62.73 | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 63.04 | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 63.32 | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 63.65 | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 63.94 | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 64.27 | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 64.58 | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 64.87 | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 65.19 | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 65.52 | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 65.83 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 66.13 | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 66.44 | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 66.74 | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 67.05 | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 67.39 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 67.69 | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 67.99 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 68.3 | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 68.64 | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 69 | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 69.27 | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 69.59 | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 69.93 | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 70.28 | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 70.6 | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 70.92 | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 71.25 | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 71.49 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 71.82 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 72.12 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 72.44 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 72.76 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 73.07 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 71.31 | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 69.42 | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 74.07 | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 74.39 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 74.68 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 74.97 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 75.3 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 75.62 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 75.64 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 76.52 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 77.39 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 77.67 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 77.63 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 77.74 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 78.28 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 78.59 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 78.88 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 78.92 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 78.98 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 78.78 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 78.7 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 79.02 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 76.57 | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 76.81 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 79.52 | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62.89 | 61.48 | 64.27 | 10 |
| 1970s | 65.98 | 64.58 | 67.39 | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.13 | 67.69 | 70.6 | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.66 | 69.42 | 73.07 | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.62 | 74.07 | 77.67 | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.55 | 77.63 | 79.02 | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.63 | 76.57 | 79.52 | 3 |
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- Can a Woman Register a Business in the Same Way as a Man? 1 (2023)
- Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 (2023)
- Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 (2023)
- Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth in Kosovo?
- Life expectancy at birth in Kosovo was 79.52 in 2022, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth recorded in Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was 79.52 in 2022.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.48 in 1960.
- How does Kosovo rank for life expectancy at birth?
- Kosovo ranks 55th out of 216 countries with data for 2022.
- Is life expectancy at birth rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kosovo data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Life Expectancy at Birth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.