# List of Australian states by life expectancy

This is a list of Australian states and territories by estimated life expectancy at birth.

## Australian Bureau of Statistics (2022)

| state | 2018–2020 | 2018–2020 | 2018–2020 | 2018–2020 | change | 2019–2021 | 2019–2021 | 2019–2021 | 2019–2021 | change | 2020–2022 | 2020–2022 | 2020–2022 | 2020–2022 | total change |
| state | overall | male | female | F Δ M | change | overall | male | female | F Δ M | change | overall | male | female | F Δ M | total change |
| Australia | 83.2 | 81.2 | 85.3 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 83.3 | 81.3 | 85.4 | 4.1 | −0.1 | 83.2 | 81.2 | 85.3 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| Capital Territory | 84.0 | 82.1 | 85.9 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 84.5 | 82.7 | 86.3 | 3.6 | −0.4 | 84.1 | 82.2 | 86.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 |
| Western Australia | 83.4 | 81.3 | 85.7 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 83.8 | 81.7 | 85.9 | 4.2 | −0.1 | 83.7 | 81.7 | 85.8 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| Victoria | 83.8 | 81.9 | 85.8 | 3.9 | −0.1 | 83.7 | 81.7 | 85.7 | 4.0 | −0.2 | 83.5 | 81.6 | 85.5 | 3.9 | −0.3 |
| New South Wales | 83.3 | 81.2 | 85.4 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 81.4 | 85.4 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 81.3 | 85.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| South Australia | 82.9 | 80.7 | 85.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 83.1 | 81.0 | 85.3 | 4.3 | −0.1 | 83.0 | 81.0 | 85.1 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Queensland | 82.8 | 80.6 | 85.1 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 82.9 | 80.9 | 85.1 | 4.2 | −0.1 | 82.8 | 80.7 | 85.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Tasmania | 82.0 | 79.9 | 84.3 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 82.3 | 80.3 | 84.4 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 82.3 | 80.3 | 84.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
| Northern Territory | 78.5 | 76.2 | 81.0 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 78.6 | 76.3 | 81.0 | 4.7 | −0.2 | 78.4 | 76.2 | 80.7 | 4.5 | −0.1 |
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. The next release is expected 8 November 2024.

## Global Data Lab (2021)

| region | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2020 | 2020 | 2020 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 →2021 |
| region | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2020 | overall | 2020 →2021 | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2021 |
| Australia on average | 83.11 | 81.12 | 85.10 | 3.98 | 1.21 | 84.32 | 0.21 | 84.53 | 83.17 | 85.84 | 2.67 | 1.42 |
| Capital Territory | 84.17 | 82.44 | 85.90 | 3.46 | 1.23 | 85.40 | 0.21 | 85.61 | 84.53 | 86.65 | 2.12 | 1.44 |
| Victoria | 83.52 | 81.73 | 85.30 | 3.57 | 1.22 | 84.74 | 0.20 | 84.94 | 83.80 | 86.04 | 2.24 | 1.42 |
| Western Australia | 83.46 | 81.33 | 85.60 | 4.27 | 1.22 | 84.68 | 0.21 | 84.89 | 83.38 | 86.35 | 2.97 | 1.43 |
| New South Wales | 83.06 | 81.12 | 85.00 | 3.88 | 1.21 | 84.27 | 0.21 | 84.48 | 83.17 | 85.74 | 2.57 | 1.42 |
| South Australia | 83.01 | 81.02 | 85.00 | 3.98 | 1.21 | 84.22 | 0.20 | 84.42 | 83.07 | 85.74 | 2.67 | 1.41 |
| Queensland | 82.76 | 80.72 | 84.79 | 4.07 | 1.20 | 83.96 | 0.21 | 84.17 | 82.76 | 85.53 | 2.77 | 1.41 |
| Tasmania | 81.64 | 79.91 | 83.38 | 3.47 | 1.20 | 82.84 | 0.19 | 83.03 | 81.92 | 84.11 | 2.19 | 1.39 |
| Northern Territory | 78.30 | 75.84 | 80.76 | 4.92 | 1.15 | 79.45 | 0.19 | 79.64 | 77.76 | 81.46 | 3.70 | 1.34 |
Data source: Global Data Lab

## Charts

* Development of life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of the World Bank Group
* Life expectancy with calculated sex gap
* Life expectancy in Australia according to estimation of Our World in Data
* Development of life expectancy in Australia in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Australia on the background of other countries of the world in 2019
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Australia on the background of countries of Asia and Oceania in 2019
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately