The analysis summarizes annual, five-year and ten-year changes in life expectancy at birth in Bahrain.
Life expectancy at birth in Bahrain was 81.4 years in 2024. Female life expectancy was 82.1 years, compared with 80.9 years for males, producing a female-minus-male gap of 1.3 years. Total life expectancy changed by +1.0 years over five years and by +1.2 years over ten years.
In the common comparison year 2024, Bahrain ranked 41st of 217 economies by total life expectancy at birth.
Bahrain Life Expectancy by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN); Life expectancy at birth, female, years (SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN); Life expectancy at birth, male, years (SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN).
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About the Indicators
Life expectancy at birth, total, years. The number of years a newborn would live if prevailing mortality patterns at the time of birth stayed the same throughout its life.
Life expectancy at birth, female, years. Life expectancy at birth calculated for females only.
Life expectancy at birth, male, years. Life expectancy at birth calculated for males only.