Norway · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)

82.9 years2021

Unit: years. Publisher measure: Life expectancy at birth (years).

Life expectancy at birth for the country population, both sexes, under the mortality rates of the reference year.

Measurement basis: WHO modelled period life-table estimates based on sex- and age-specific mortality.

Reference-period cadence: annual.

Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.

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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.

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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows

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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Norway200078.5351086278.4945580378.63075188
Norway200178.7457045578.7255672878.83437453
Norway200278.8594236878.8413682278.95456581
Norway200379.3971129879.373036379.48734608
Norway200479.8180339379.8009924579.91658671
Norway200580.0517735280.0295879580.14091015
Norway200680.2816832880.2485739380.3784072
Norway200780.3509910280.3399896180.44252422
Norway200880.4947147780.4715606680.58174518
Norway200980.7474623980.7328348380.84098441
Norway201080.8668769680.8382201880.96378007
Norway201180.9692539180.9490684981.06218007
Norway201281.2344523581.2192798181.32646899
Norway201381.4341229781.4176566581.52068462
Norway201481.8284476181.8094190581.92374334
Norway201581.9949502381.9763344782.08028134
Norway201682.1128912482.0927582282.2011293
Norway201782.3338315182.3104515282.42283449
Norway201882.4423010782.4245835682.5352799
Norway201982.6575205182.6256702782.76086294
Norway202082.8392345582.8151868782.92609544
Norway202182.8819987282.8540123882.99090982

One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.