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The indicator rose 0.2 years from the 68.6 years logged in 2023. No other point in the 25-year World Bank series exceeds this level.
Source: World Bank, WDI (CC BY 4.0).
Across the 26 years of ECLAC's population series using national figures, no value fell below 17.3%. Compared to 2024 (19%), the rate decreased by 1.7 percentage points.
Across the 17 years in the ECLAC series (0 = perfect equality), no value is lower than 0.457. Compared to 2023 (0.469), the change was −0.012.
The 2024 figure exceeds all 25 years in the World Bank series and rises by 0.2 years from 77.7 years in 2023.
According to harmonised ECLAC data, no year in the 27-year series falls below 16%. The figure represents a 3.6 percentage point decrease compared to the 19.6% recorded in 2024.
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