Life expectancy at birth by country, 1960 to present
Life expectancy at birth (both sexes) for every country each year since 1960. One row is one country in one year.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | Country | country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. |
| country_name | Country name | string | Country name as published by the World Bank. |
| year | Year | year | Calendar year of the observation. |
| value | Life expectancy | number · years | Number of years a newborn would live if the death rates of the year of birth stayed the same throughout its life. |
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