Switzerland
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#5out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

84.481.177.874.571.2196019922024Switzerland · 2024: 84.41 yearsSwitzerland

Analytical takeaways

  • Switzerland records 84.41 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #5 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 71.31 years in 1960 to 84.41 years in 2024, a gain of 13.09 years.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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