Life Expectancy in South Korea
Latest available observation · 2023
83.43 years
years
Data nature: modelled
Among 193 countries with comparable values, South Korea ranks 8.
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What the data says
South Korea's latest available life expectancy value is 83.43 years, reported for 2023.
Among 193 countries with comparable values, South Korea ranks 8.
This rank describes the available comparable sample and is not a complete ranking of every country.
The comparable-sample median is 73.57 years.
This value is classified as modelled data.
Longer modelled period life expectancy.
Source & how to read it
Read the full definition, source notes, and methodology for Life Expectancy.
- Source
- World Bank World Development Indicators
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Unit
- years
- Period
- 2023
- Data nature
- modelled
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