Life expectancy in countries with the biggest change since 1960. Life expectancy at birth is defined as the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live if he or she were to pass through life subject to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period.
Chart: Lisa Charlotte Rost, DatawrapperSource: Data was compiled by Our World in Data based on estimates by James C. Riley, Clio Infra, and the United Nations Population Division.