Release

National life tables – life expectancy in the UK: 2021 to 2023

Release date: 18 March 2025 9:30am

Summary

Trends in period life expectancy, a measure of the average number of years people will live beyond their current age, analysed by age and sex.

Publications

Data

  • Mortality rates (qx), by single year of age

    Mortality rates (qx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for males and females for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK.

  • Period expectation of life (ex), by single year of age

    Period life expectancy (ex) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for males and females for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK.

  • Single year life tables, UK and constituent countries

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for 1980 to 2023 for England, Wales (and combined), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and the UK. Each life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a single year.

  • National life tables: UK

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for the UK. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • National life tables: Scotland

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Scotland. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • National life tables: Great Britain

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Great Britain. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • Numbers dying between exact age x and x+1 (dx), by single year of age

    Numbers dying between exact age x and x+1 (dx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for males and females for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK.

  • Number surviving at exact age (lx), by single year of age

    Number surviving at exact age (lx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for males and females for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK.

  • National life tables: Northern Ireland

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Northern Ireland. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

Methodology

Contact details

Name

Demography team

Email

pop.info@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444661

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest