Updates the finding of Aug 23, 2026
Colombia recorded in 2024 its highest life expectancy since 2000 at 77.9 years
The 2024 figure exceeds all 25 years in the World Bank series and rises by 0.2 years from 77.7 years in 2023.
Current verified finding
Colombia recorded in 2024 its highest life expectancy at birth since its series began in 2000: 77.9 yrs.
Evidence
Colombia: life expectancy 2000–2024
The finding preserves the reviewed data even when the source publishes an update.
Snapshot technical details
Query fingerprint: sigev_7c12c75e4ccc3 · The text, result, and records remain fixed to this review.
How we calculated it
We query series life_expectancy_years of dataset wb-wdi-anual (World Bank) for Colombia from 2000 to 2024 in VerDat's normalised layer and check that no year in the series matches or exceeds the 2024 value. We require at least 15 years of series and a gap of at least 10 years. The chart reproduces the query; the values are re-verified automatically every day.
25 rows match the query; 25 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
The figure comes from a harmonised World Bank series and may differ from official statistics published by Colombia under its own methodology. This peak reflects the country's position relative to its own past, without explaining the underlying causes. In addition, future revisions to data from previous years could alter the date of the record.
Annual values; rates are percentages, GDP, GNI and remittances are US dollars, population is people, life expectancy is years — never sum across indicators.
Verification
Records within the query
Records preserved in the editorial snapshot, using the same filters and partition as the chart.
| Period | Value | Year | Country | Indicator | Indicator group | Month | Geography level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.91 | 2024 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2023 | 77.73 | 2023 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2022 | 76.51 | 2022 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2021 | 72.7 | 2021 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2020 | 74.76 | 2020 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2019 | 76.79 | 2019 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2018 | 76.58 | 2018 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2017 | 76.42 | 2017 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2016 | 76.23 | 2016 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2015 | 76.07 | 2015 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2014 | 75.95 | 2014 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2013 | 75.83 | 2013 | colombia | Esperanza de vida al nacer, años | salud | Not applicable (annual) | country |