United States

Life expectancy

Expected years of life at birth.

Active series

Life expectancy - United States

World Bank . SP.DYN.LE00.IN:US

Life expectancy in other countries

Provider

World Bank

Frequency

annual

Transformation

level

Live data

Latest78.89

YoY+0.64%

10Y Avg78.00

FrequencyAnnual

Chart typeScale

Min69.77

Mean75.02

Max78.89

Series trust block

Tier 1 - criticalOpen with attribution

Provenance, capability, and licensing surface for Life expectancy - United States. Every field is sourced from the platform's typed registries; missing entries are surfaced as warnings rather than hidden.

Source identity

ProviderWorld Bank Open Data
Source agencyWorld Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National statistical offices, note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices.; Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.
Source series keySP.DYN.LE00.IN
Source codeSP.DYN.LE00.IN:US
Table referenceLife expectancy - United States
Methodologyhttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN
GeographyUnited States

Data shape

Frequencyannual
Unitsyears
Seasonal adjustmentunknown
Allowed transformslevel, yoy, index 100
Provider frequency floorannual

Capabilities

Revisions: not availableSearchReleases: not availableCatalog

Freshness

Last fetched2026-05-03 10:24:43 UTC

Data statuslive

Provider role

Strategic tierTier 1 - critical

Recommended actiondeepen now

Expected upstream coverage400,000

World Development Indicators; primary global comparison source.

Revision & vintage support

Not available

This provider does not publish revision history through its API.

Revision history is not available for this provider. The platform shows current published values only.

License & attribution

Rights classOpen with attribution

Commercial reuseyes-with-attribution

Redistributionallowed-with-attribution

Licence

Source: World Bank Open Data, indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN:US. Accessed 2026-05-03. Attribution required; dataset-level exceptions may still apply.

Series details

SourceWorld Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National statistical offices, note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices.; Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.

CategoryHealth

FrequencyAnnual

Unityears

Last UpdatedMay 3, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Data provenance

International organizationOpen with attribution