Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for United Arab Emirates

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for United Arab Emirates was 82.91 years. A difference of +2.42 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for United Arab Emirates were 81.98 years and 84.2 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 United Arab Emirates for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for United Arab Emirates (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for United Arab Emirates (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	50.65	48.03	54.64
1961	51.6	49	55.61
1962	52.55	49.97	56.61
1963	53.51	50.95	57.62
1964	54.5	51.97	58.65
1965	55.51	53.04	59.67
1966	56.57	54.11	60.78
1967	57.65	55.23	61.84
1968	58.73	56.37	62.9
1969	59.76	57.5	63.92
1970	60.78	58.6	64.9
1971	61.75	59.66	65.83
1972	62.68	60.65	66.7
1973	63.54	61.58	67.51
1974	64.35	62.45	68.25
1975	65.11	63.26	68.94
1976	65.81	64.02	69.57
1977	66.47	64.72	70.14
1978	67.08	65.38	70.65
1979	67.65	65.97	71.13
1980	68.16	66.52	71.56
1981	68.62	67.01	71.95
1982	69.06	67.46	72.3
1983	69.45	67.86	72.63
1984	69.8	68.22	72.91
1985	70.12	68.54	73.16
1986	70.41	68.83	73.37
1987	70.62	69.1	73.54
1988	70.81	69.33	73.66
1989	70.96	69.52	73.74
1990	71.07	69.67	73.79
1991	71.14	69.78	73.79
1992	71.17	69.84	73.76
1993	71.16	69.87	73.71
1994	71.2	69.95	73.72
1995	71.39	70.18	73.87
1996	71.82	70.65	74.24
1997	72.56	71.45	74.9
1998	73.66	72.62	75.88
1999	74.98	74.01	77.04
2000	76.35	75.44	78.23
2001	77.62	76.77	79.34
2002	78.72	77.92	80.32
2003	79.6	78.83	81.11
2004	80.27	79.52	81.74
2005	80.78	80.04	82.22
2006	81.16	80.42	82.59
2007	81.44	80.71	82.84
2008	81.59	80.92	82.99
2009	81.68	81.06	83.04
2010	81.89	81.16	83.04
2011	81.9	81.22	83.02
2012	81.91	81.25	83.01
2013	81.95	81.27	83.05
2014	81.99	81.3	83.16
2015	82.08	81.33	83.33
2016	82.2	81.38	83.53
2017	82.39	81.43	83.73
2018	82.45	81.5	83.91
2019	82.6	81.59	84.05
2020	81.94	80.8	83.9
2021	79.08	77.87	80.93
2022	80.49	79.38	82.12
2023	82.91	81.98	84.2