Life expectancy for both sexes rose 3.12% to 69.8 years in East Timor in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, life expectancy for both sexes in East Timor reached an all time high of 69.8 years in 2024 and an all time low of 22.9 years in 1978. When compared to East Timor's main peers, life expectancy for both sexes in Australia amounted to 83.3 years, 71.9 years in Indonesia, 76.0 years in Malaysia and 63.2 years in Papua New Guinea in 2024.
East Timor has been ranked 110th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of life expectancy for both sexes, 24 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Life Expectancy at Birth (Both Sexes) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Australia | years | 86.0 | 86.1 | 86.3 | 86.4 | 86.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | years | 78.6 | 78.8 | 79.0 | 79.2 | 79.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | years | 75.1 | 75.3 | 75.5 | 75.7 | 75.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | years | 75.4 | 75.6 | 75.8 | 76.0 | 76.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | years | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.8 | 79.9 | 80.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | years | 84.5 | 84.6 | 84.8 | 84.9 | 85.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | years | 65.7 | 65.8 | 66.0 | 66.1 | 66.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | years | 72.4 | 72.5 | 72.6 | 72.8 | 72.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | years | 86.4 | 86.6 | 86.7 | 86.9 | 87.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | years | 79.0 | 79.2 | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | years | 79.6 | 79.7 | 79.8 | 80.0 | 80.1 |
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