Papua New Guinea · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)
65.5 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.
Displayed values are rounded, with extra precision when needed to keep a positive estimate positive. Downloads retain the full numeric estimate and the publisher's original display text separately.
A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
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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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2000 | 63.35685153 | 62.51815906 | 64.22264 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2001 | 63.3735659 | 62.61396239 | 64.17957795 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2002 | 63.43343076 | 62.6728948 | 64.23026518 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2003 | 63.55882521 | 62.94973429 | 64.29545322 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2004 | 63.6270316 | 62.85330001 | 64.52525562 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2005 | 63.68705774 | 62.87637946 | 64.49360976 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2006 | 63.77212081 | 63.14733605 | 64.5210186 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2007 | 64.07514301 | 63.31854222 | 65.01056235 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2008 | 64.35307086 | 63.56484578 | 64.95998065 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2009 | 64.63295489 | 63.89781906 | 65.37775275 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2010 | 64.88774886 | 64.16971607 | 65.67368225 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2011 | 65.03278821 | 64.32389717 | 65.91541809 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2012 | 65.16940213 | 64.4993554 | 66.03937049 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2013 | 65.47647701 | 64.69934673 | 66.19301405 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2014 | 65.75249158 | 65.02490184 | 66.43300366 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2015 | 66.00102041 | 65.27888896 | 66.71403052 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2016 | 66.19035356 | 65.47542802 | 67.21038163 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2017 | 66.39410121 | 65.73185638 | 67.23562135 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2018 | 66.51753655 | 65.72020602 | 67.43211268 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2019 | 66.67377821 | 65.81855401 | 67.49323481 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2020 | 66.27049986 | 65.51360554 | 67.02361047 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2021 | 65.48786529 | 64.55629491 | 66.53249997 | — |
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.