The analysis summarizes annual, five-year and ten-year changes in life expectancy at birth in Kiribati.
Life expectancy at birth in Kiribati was 66.6 years in 2024. Female life expectancy was 68.3 years, compared with 64.7 years for males, producing a female-minus-male gap of 3.6 years. Total life expectancy changed by +0.7 years over five years and by +0.7 years over ten years.
In the common comparison year 2024, Kiribati ranked 180th of 217 economies by total life expectancy at birth.
Kiribati 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.