South Korea - Life expectancy at birth 2011

Life expectancy of South Korea goes up to 80.6 years

In 2011 the life expectancy in South Korea increased to 80.6 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 84 years and for men 77.3 years.

South Korea’s position worsened with respect to the 193 countries we publish said data, dropping from the 28th in 2010 to 29th in 2011.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in South Korea over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 2010, when it was 80.2 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 2001, when it was 76.5 years.

In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in South Korea. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about South Korea in South Korean economy.

South Korea - Life expectancy at birth

Date	Life expectancy - Women	Life expectancy - Men	Life expectancy
2011	84.00	77.30	80.60
2010	83.60	76.80	80.20
2009	83.40	76.70	80.00
2008	83.00	76.20	79.60
2007	82.50	75.90	79.20
2006	82.10	75.40	78.80
2005	81.60	74.90	78.20
2004	81.20	74.30	77.80
2003	80.80	73.80	77.30
2002	80.30	73.40	76.80
2001	80.10	72.90	76.50
2000	79.70	72.30	76.00
1999	79.20	71.80	75.50
1998	79.00	71.20	75.10
1997	78.70	70.70	74.70
1996	78.30	70.20	74.20
1995	77.90	69.70	73.80
1994	77.70	69.30	73.50
1993	77.30	68.90	73.10
1992	76.80	68.40	72.60
1991	76.40	67.90	72.20
1990	75.90	67.50	71.70
1989	75.30	67.00	71.20
1988	74.80	66.50	70.70
1987	74.30	65.90	70.10
1986	73.80	65.30	69.50
1985	73.20	64.60	68.90
1984	72.60	64.00	68.30
1983	71.90	63.40	67.70
1982	71.50	62.90	67.20
1981	70.90	62.40	66.70
1980	70.40	61.90	66.10
1979	69.90	61.40	65.60
1978	69.50	61.10	65.30
1977	69.10	60.90	65.00
1976	68.60	60.60	64.60
1975	68.20	60.30	64.20
1974	67.80	60.00	63.90
1973	67.30	59.70	63.50
1972	66.80	59.40	63.10
1971	66.30	59.10	62.70
1970	65.80	58.70	62.30
1969	66.10	58.19	62.05
1968	65.59	57.72	61.56
1967	65.13	57.63	61.29
1966	63.11	56.07	59.50
1965	61.60	55.04	58.24
1964	60.31	54.19	57.17
1963	58.84	53.25	55.97
1962	58.02	53.14	55.52
1961	57.42	52.54	54.92
1960	56.81	51.95	54.32

South Korea - Life expectancy at birth