Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Guatemala

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Guatemala was 72.6 years. A difference of +1.39 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Guatemala were 70.31 years and 74.88 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Guatemala for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Guatemala (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Guatemala (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	45.76	45.58	45.91
1961	46.12	45.91	46.31
1962	46.49	46.2	46.76
1963	46.62	46.15	47.09
1964	47.06	46.47	47.65
1965	47.19	46.47	47.93
1966	47.51	46.62	48.47
1967	47.73	46.76	48.77
1968	47.76	46.61	49.01
1969	47.52	46.22	48.95
1970	48.51	47.1	50.07
1971	50.28	48.74	51.98
1972	51.82	50.21	53.59
1973	52.85	51.25	54.61
1974	53.02	51.34	54.87
1975	52.83	51.16	54.68
1976	47.62	46.77	48.53
1977	55.18	53.25	57.31
1978	56.41	54.05	59.04
1979	56.6	53.94	59.59
1980	55.3	51.85	59.31
1981	54.71	50.61	59.59
1982	48.86	43.58	55.64
1983	57.91	55.34	60.73
1984	59.07	56.74	61.61
1985	59.79	57.35	62.43
1986	60.34	57.77	63.14
1987	60.99	58.47	63.73
1988	61.54	59.05	64.23
1989	61.75	59.19	64.51
1990	61.77	59.11	64.64
1991	61.93	59.18	64.88
1992	61.99	59.19	65.01
1993	62.44	59.69	65.39
1994	63.03	60.1	66.17
1995	63.66	60.64	66.9
1996	64.54	61.5	67.78
1997	65.25	62.11	68.58
1998	65.97	62.86	69.25
1999	66.63	63.53	69.88
2000	67.1	64.01	70.33
2001	67.44	64.36	70.64
2002	67.83	64.69	71.1
2003	68.2	65.11	71.4
2004	68.25	65.06	71.54
2005	68.17	65.09	71.34
2006	68.79	65.65	72.03
2007	69.3	66.19	72.49
2008	69.49	66.4	72.66
2009	69.68	66.64	72.78
2010	69.89	66.97	72.84
2011	70.32	67.52	73.15
2012	70.72	68	73.47
2013	70.88	68.21	73.58
2014	70.94	68.29	73.63
2015	70.92	68.31	73.56
2016	71.22	68.64	73.82
2017	71.58	69.08	74.11
2018	71.5	69.19	73.82
2019	71.64	69.28	74.02
2020	69.97	66.95	73.17
2021	67.86	64.94	70.96
2022	71.21	68.71	73.72
2023	72.6	70.31	74.88