UK male life expectancy by country 2020 | Statista

Between 1980 and 2020, male life expectancy in the United Kingdom improved the most in Northern Ireland, growing from 69.16 years in 1980 to 78.65. Male life expectancy in Wales has improved the least in this time, growing by less than eight years in this period.

Male life expectancy at birth in the United Kingdom from 1980/82 to 2018/20, by country

Characteristic	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
1980-82	71.08	69.11	70.52	69.16
1981-83	71.32	69.34	70.69	69.74
1982-84	71.59	69.6	71.05	70.14
1983-85	71.79	69.87	71.17	70.32
1984-86	71.97	70.01	71.41	70.57
1985-87	72.15	70.21	71.55	70.9
1986-88	72.39	70.35	71.98	71.13
1987-89	72.65	70.55	72.33	71.48
1988-90	72.85	70.76	72.58	71.73
1989-91	73.08	71.06	72.8	72.13
1990-92	73.37	71.38	73.12	72.55
1991-93	73.59	71.47	73.24	72.73
1992-94	73.93	71.7	73.43	73
1993-95	74.1	71.88	73.42	73.11
1994-96	74.35	72.08	73.7	73.51
1995-97	74.51	72.23	73.81	73.82
1996-98	74.74	72.4	74.19	74.16
1997-99	75	72.64	74.3	74.27
1998-00	75.29	72.85	74.58	74.47
1999-01	75.61	73.1	74.82	74.79
2000-02	75.9	73.32	75.26	75.19
2001-03	76.13	73.51	75.47	75.55
2002-04	76.44	73.79	75.78	75.81
2003-05	76.79	74.23	76.1	75.99
2004-06	77.16	74.6	76.56	76.08
2005-07	77.45	74.8	76.68	76.14
2006-08	77.7	75	76.87	76.33
2007-09	78	75.35	77.08	76.67
2008-10	78.31	75.8	77.51	76.97
2009-11	78.71	76.2	77.83	77.4
2010-12	79.01	76.5	78.07	77.69
2011-13	79.21	76.77	78.17	77.99
2012-14	79.35	77.05	78.4	78.25
2013-15	79.37	77.1	78.41	78.29
2014-16	79.46	77.06	78.43	78.51
2015-17	79.48	76.98	78.32	78.44
2016-18	79.55	77.01	78.31	78.66
2017-19	79.67	77.13	78.51	78.74
2018-20	79.33	76.79	78.29	78.65

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