COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Canada Life Expectancy
Canada life expectancy: latest available value for 2024, historical series from 2019, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.DYN.LE00.IN| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82,11 | 0,48 |
| 2023 | 81,63 | 0,53 |
| 2022 | 81,09 | -0,36 |
| 2021 | 81,45 | -0,08 |
| 2020 | 81,53 | -0,63 |
| 2019 | 82,16 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), 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.
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 02:15:12. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
1 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 04:18:14 | 2024 | 82,11 | 82,11 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesCanada recorded 82,11 years in 2024, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2023, the life expectancy increased by 0,48.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 6 observations from 2019 to 2024, the average was 81,66; the minimum was 81,09 in 2022 and the maximum was 82,16 in 2019.
Canada ranks 34 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for North America.
It is also above the available average for the High income group.
Population health and social development.