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Life expectancy decreases in United States

In 2021 the life expectancy in United States decreased to 76.33 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 79.3 years and for men 73.5 years.

United States’s position improvened with respect to the 194 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 52th in 2020 to 50th in 2021.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in United States over the past several years, we find that it is lower than in 2020, when it was 76.98 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 2011, when it was 78.64 years.

In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in United States. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about United States in American economy.

United States - Life expectancy at birth
DateLife expectancy - WomenLife expectancy - MenLife expectancy
202179.3073.5076.33
202079.9074.2076.98
201981.4076.3078.79
201881.2076.2078.64
201781.1076.1078.54
201681.1076.1078.54
201581.2076.3078.69
201481.3076.5078.84
201381.2076.4078.74
201281.2076.4078.74
201181.1076.3078.64
201081.0076.2078.54
200980.9076.0078.39
200880.6075.6078.04
200780.6075.5077.99
200680.3075.2077.69
200580.1075.0077.49
200480.1075.0077.49
200379.7074.5077.04
200279.6074.4076.94
200179.5074.3076.84
200079.3074.1076.64
199979.4073.9076.58
199879.5073.8076.58
199779.4073.6076.43
199679.1073.1076.03
199578.9072.5075.62
199479.0072.4075.62
199378.8072.2075.42
199279.1072.3075.62
199178.9072.0075.37
199078.8071.8075.21
198978.5071.7075.02
198878.3071.4074.77
198778.3071.4074.77
198678.2071.2074.61
198578.2071.1074.56
198478.2071.1074.56
198378.1071.0074.46
198278.1070.8074.36
198177.8070.4074.01
198077.4070.0073.61
197977.8070.0073.80
197877.3069.6073.36
197777.2069.5073.26
197676.8069.1072.86
197576.6068.8072.60
197475.9068.2071.96
197375.3067.6071.36
197275.1067.4071.16
197175.0067.4071.11
197074.7067.1070.81
196974.4066.8070.51
196874.1066.0069.95
196774.3067.0070.56
196673.9066.7070.21
196573.8066.8070.21
196473.7066.8070.17
196373.4066.6069.92
196273.5066.9070.12
196173.6067.1070.27
196073.1066.6069.77
United States - Life expectancy at birth
United States - Life expectancy at birth