Lao PDR
Life expectancy at birth, male (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#153out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

67.060.253.346.439.6196019922024Lao PDR · 2024: 67.02 yearsLao PDR

Analytical takeaways

  • Lao PDR records 67.02 years for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, ranking #153 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, male (years) increased from 39.56 years in 1960 to 67.02 years in 2024, a gain of 27.46 years.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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