Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Saudi Arabia

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Saudi Arabia was 78.73 years. A difference of +1.42 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Saudi Arabia were 77.1 years and 81.16 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 Saudi Arabia for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Saudi Arabia (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Saudi Arabia (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	45.31	43.22	47.67
1961	45.88	43.8	48.23
1962	46.47	44.4	48.81
1963	47.09	45.03	49.41
1964	47.73	45.69	50.03
1965	48.44	46.43	50.69
1966	49.19	47.22	51.39
1967	49.99	48.08	52.13
1968	50.86	49.01	52.91
1969	51.77	49.99	53.76
1970	52.73	50.99	54.66
1971	53.73	52.02	55.62
1972	54.74	53.05	56.62
1973	55.77	54.08	57.64
1974	56.79	55.1	58.67
1975	57.78	56.09	59.67
1976	58.78	57.1	60.67
1977	59.75	58.07	61.63
1978	60.69	59.01	62.56
1979	61.52	59.81	63.44
1980	62.44	60.79	64.3
1981	63.25	61.61	65.1
1982	64.01	62.38	65.85
1983	64.72	63.1	66.56
1984	65.39	63.78	67.23
1985	66.03	64.42	67.87
1986	66.65	65.05	68.49
1987	67.24	65.66	69.07
1988	67.81	66.24	69.64
1989	68.36	66.8	70.17
1990	68.87	67.32	70.68
1991	69.34	67.79	71.15
1992	69.8	68.26	71.61
1993	70.21	68.67	72.02
1994	70.59	69.06	72.41
1995	70.94	69.42	72.77
1996	71.29	69.78	73.11
1997	71.62	70.13	73.43
1998	71.96	70.49	73.74
1999	72.29	70.85	74.05
2000	72.61	71.18	74.34
2001	72.95	71.55	74.69
2002	73.3	71.91	75.06
2003	73.66	72.27	75.46
2004	74.03	72.63	75.9
2005	74.4	72.99	76.36
2006	74.76	73.33	76.82
2007	75.07	73.61	77.23
2008	75.3	73.83	77.57
2009	75.45	73.95	77.81
2010	75.62	74.11	78.04
2011	75.81	74.32	78.24
2012	76.09	74.64	78.48
2013	76.52	75.13	78.79
2014	77.12	75.83	79.21
2015	77.78	76.58	79.68
2016	78.35	77.23	80.11
2017	78.72	77.6	80.43
2018	78.75	77.55	80.54
2019	78.31	76.94	80.38
2020	77.6	76.01	80.06
2021	77.09	75.33	79.88
2022	77.31	75.49	80.16
2023	78.73	77.1	81.16