# Life expectancy at birth in Iceland

Life expectancy at birth in Iceland was 82.81 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `is`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/iceland
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/iceland.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=is

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 82.81 |
| 2023 | 82.46 |
| 2022 | 82.12 |
| 2021 | 83.17 |
| 2020 | 83.06 |
| 2019 | 83.16 |
| 2018 | 82.86 |
| 2017 | 82.66 |
| 2016 | 82.2 |
| 2015 | 82.47 |
| 2014 | 82.86 |
| 2013 | 82.06 |
| 2012 | 82.92 |
| 2011 | 82.36 |
| 2010 | 81.9 |
| 2009 | 81.75 |
| 2008 | 81.61 |
| 2007 | 81.45 |
| 2006 | 81.16 |
| 2005 | 81.5 |
| 2004 | 81 |
| 2003 | 80.96 |
| 2002 | 80.5 |
| 2001 | 80.69 |
| 2000 | 79.65 |
| 1999 | 79.35 |
| 1998 | 79.6 |
| 1997 | 78.89 |
| 1996 | 78.78 |
| 1995 | 77.98 |
| 1994 | 79.25 |
| 1993 | 78.93 |
| 1992 | 78.76 |
| 1991 | 77.99 |
| 1990 | 78.04 |
| 1989 | 78.14 |
| 1988 | 77.08 |
| 1987 | 77.34 |
| 1986 | 77.99 |
| 1985 | 77.6 |
| 1984 | 77.58 |
| 1983 | 76.85 |
| 1982 | 77.04 |
| 1981 | 76.52 |
| 1980 | 76.85 |
| 1979 | 76.77 |
| 1978 | 76.65 |
| 1977 | 76.37 |
| 1976 | 76.97 |
| 1975 | 75.58 |
| 1974 | 74.51 |
| 1973 | 74.45 |
| 1972 | 74.46 |
| 1971 | 73.57 |
| 1970 | 73.93 |
| 1969 | 73.78 |
| 1968 | 74.01 |
| 1967 | 73.78 |
| 1966 | 73.3 |
| 1965 | 73.87 |
| 1964 | 73.54 |
| 1963 | 73.04 |
| 1962 | 73.72 |
| 1961 | 73.5 |
| 1960 | 74.04 |