SUBTOPIC 1: States with Highest Life Expectancy
– Nagaland: 75.4
– Goa: 73.3
– Mizoram: 72.1
– Jammu and Kashmir: 71.8
– Rajasthan: 71.5
SUBTOPIC 2: States with Lowest Life Expectancy
– Uttar Pradesh: 63.0
– Jharkhand: 64.7
– Puducherry: 64.6
– Bihar: 64.4
– Odisha: 64.2
SUBTOPIC 3: States with Significant Increase in Life Expectancy
– Kerala: 71.2 (2019)
– Himachal Pradesh: 70.6 (2019)
– Daman and Diu: 70.6
– Dadra and Nagar Haveli: 70.6
– Maharashtra: 69.3
SUBTOPIC 4: States with Minor Increase in Life Expectancy
– Delhi: 68.0
– Gujarat: 67.7
– Manipur: 67.6
– Arunachal Pradesh: 67.5
– Karnataka: 67.3
SUBTOPIC 5: References and Additional Information
– Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index for India’s States 2011
– Contents 2010-14 (PDF)
– Abridged Life Tables- 2010-14 (PDF)
– Life Expectancy 2019 – Maps – Global Data Lab
– India Country Overview | World Health Organization
India is composed of 28 states and 8 union territories (including Delhi). The last change in the administrative structure took place in 2019-2020, when the two union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli were merged into one, called Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Life expectancy in India is below the global average, but is increasing at a rate that exceeds the global average.
According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in India was 72.00 years (70.52 for male, 73.60 for female). For comparison, life expectancy in the world was 73.17.
Estimation of the World Bank Group for India for 2023 is exactly the same: 72.00 years in total (70.52 for male, 73.60 for female). With average life expectany in the world 73.33 years.