Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Kosovo

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Kosovo was 78.03 years. A difference of +0.41 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Kosovo were 75.8 years and 80.12 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 Kosovo for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Kosovo (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Kosovo (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	48.7	47.68	49.7
1961	49.88	48.95	50.81
1962	48.38	47.53	49.18
1963	50.1	49.39	50.8
1964	51.12	50.08	52.15
1965	52	50.72	53.32
1966	52.47	50.88	54.13
1967	53.05	51.57	54.58
1968	53.61	52.14	55.13
1969	53.39	51.42	55.49
1970	54	52.34	55.73
1971	55.13	53.12	57.24
1972	55.12	53.39	56.93
1973	55.91	54.02	57.9
1974	56.38	54.3	58.55
1975	57.31	55.39	59.31
1976	57.54	55.63	59.52
1977	58.4	56.39	60.5
1978	58.83	57.07	60.65
1979	59.1	57.05	61.23
1980	60.3	58.57	62.08
1981	60.37	58.53	62.29
1982	60.07	58.48	61.73
1983	61	59.19	62.9
1984	61.46	59.74	63.25
1985	61.22	59.41	63.1
1986	62.54	60.72	64.43
1987	63.57	61.73	65.5
1988	64.21	62.26	66.27
1989	65.23	63.44	67.11
1990	66.51	64.67	68.42
1991	66.46	64.23	68.82
1992	67.38	65.36	69.51
1993	67.94	65.79	70.21
1994	68.6	66.55	70.73
1995	68.78	66.82	70.82
1996	69.36	67.51	71.27
1997	69.86	68	71.79
1998	68.58	65.51	71.92
1999	58.27	51.95	66.31
2000	71.32	69.3	73.34
2001	71.78	69.77	73.79
2002	72.23	70.21	74.23
2003	72.68	70.67	74.68
2004	73.13	71.18	75.08
2005	73.44	71.56	75.3
2006	73.63	71.61	75.66
2007	74.42	72.28	76.58
2008	74.71	72.55	76.9
2009	74.79	72.65	76.96
2010	74.61	72.33	76.95
2011	75.32	73.14	77.54
2012	75.75	73.61	77.91
2013	76.34	74.28	78.38
2014	76.18	73.88	78.5
2015	76.02	73.74	78.31
2016	76.75	74.59	78.86
2017	77.11	75.09	79.06
2018	77.12	74.99	79.18
2019	77.25	75.06	79.36
2020	74.21	71.86	76.64
2021	74.98	72.92	77
2022	77.62	75.34	79.81
2023	78.03	75.8	80.12