Ethiopia / People / Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia
years · 2024 · from World Bank World Development Indicators
67.6 yearsin 2024
- +0.3 years over 1 year, +1.9 years over 5, +4.7 years over 10
- Lowest quartile among countries: 168 of 215 with a 2024 figure (1 is the highest value)
- World: 73.5 years the same year
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- Ethiopia
- World
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| Year | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67.6 | 73.5 |
| 2023 | 67.3 | 73.3 |
| 2022 | 66.9 | 73.0 |
| 2021 | 65.3 | 71.2 |
| 2020 | 66.0 | 72.2 |
| 2019 | 65.7 | 72.9 |
| 2018 | 65.3 | 72.6 |
| 2017 | 64.8 | 72.4 |
| 2016 | 64.2 | 72.2 |
| 2015 | 63.6 | 72.0 |
| 2014 | 62.9 | 71.8 |
| 2013 | 62.2 | 71.5 |
| 2012 | 61.4 | 71.3 |
| 2011 | 60.6 | 71.0 |
| 2010 | 59.7 | 70.7 |
| 2009 | 58.7 | 70.4 |
| 2008 | 57.7 | 70.0 |
| 2007 | 56.6 | 69.8 |
| 2006 | 55.4 | 69.5 |
| 2005 | 54.4 | 69.1 |
| 2004 | 53.7 | 68.8 |
| 2003 | 52.9 | 68.5 |
| 2002 | 52.1 | 68.2 |
| 2001 | 51.4 | 67.9 |
| 2000 | 50.9 | 67.7 |
| 1999 | 49.5 | 67.3 |
| 1998 | 49.8 | 67.1 |
| 1997 | 49.2 | 66.8 |
| 1996 | 48.7 | 66.5 |
| 1995 | 48.2 | 66.2 |
| 1994 | 47.9 | 66.0 |
| 1993 | 47.7 | 65.7 |
| 1992 | 47.3 | 65.5 |
| 1991 | 46.7 | 65.3 |
| 1990 | 45.1 | 65.1 |
| 1989 | 45.6 | 65.0 |
| 1988 | 45.7 | 64.7 |
| 1987 | 45.9 | 64.5 |
| 1986 | 38.4 | 64.1 |
| 1985 | 37.7 | 63.7 |
| 1984 | 36.7 | 63.4 |
| 1983 | 36.3 | 63.1 |
| 1982 | 43.4 | 62.9 |
| 1981 | 43.1 | 62.5 |
| 1980 | 42.8 | 62.2 |
| 1979 | 42.4 | 61.8 |
| 1978 | 41.5 | 61.4 |
| 1977 | 41.4 | 61.0 |
| 1976 | 41.3 | 60.5 |
| 1975 | 38.9 | 60.1 |
| 1974 | 39.1 | 59.7 |
| 1973 | 41.1 | 59.3 |
| 1972 | 41.0 | 58.8 |
| 1971 | 42.2 | 58.0 |
| 1970 | 42.1 | 57.9 |
| 1969 | 42.1 | 57.7 |
| 1968 | 42.1 | 57.3 |
| 1967 | 41.9 | 56.9 |
| 1966 | 39.3 | 56.4 |
| 1965 | 41.4 | 55.9 |
| 1964 | 41.3 | 56.1 |
| 1963 | 41.0 | 55.7 |
| 1962 | 40.5 | 55.3 |
| 1961 | 40.2 | 52.8 |
| 1960 | 39.6 | 50.9 |
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- Monaco 86.5 years
- San Marino 85.8 years
- Hong Kong SAR China 85.4 years
- Kuwait 84.6 years
- Switzerland 84.4 years
- Liechtenstein 84.2 years
- French Polynesia 84.2 years
- Andorra 84.2 years
- Sweden 84.1 years
- Japan 84.0 years
- Italy 84.0 years
- Spain 83.9 years
- Gibraltar 83.6 years
- South Korea 83.6 years
- Singapore 83.3 years
- Macao SAR China 83.3 years
- Israel 83.2 years
- Luxembourg 83.2 years
- Norway 83.2 years
- Faroe Islands 83.1 years
- United Arab Emirates 83.1 years
- Australia 83.1 years
- Ireland 83.0 years
- France 83.0 years
- Malta 83.0 years
- Iceland 82.8 years
- Qatar 82.5 years
- Bermuda 82.5 years
- Portugal 82.4 years
- Finland 82.3 years
- Belgium 82.3 years
- Slovenia 82.3 years
- Denmark 82.3 years
- Canada 82.1 years
- New Zealand 82.0 years
- Austria 82.0 years
- Netherlands 82.0 years
- Puerto Rico 81.9 years
- Greece 81.8 years
- Cyprus 81.8 years
- Bahrain 81.4 years
- United Kingdom 81.4 years
- Chile 81.4 years
- Maldives 81.3 years
- Isle of Man 81.1 years
- Costa Rica 81.0 years
- Germany 80.8 years
- U.S. Virgin Islands 80.8 years
- Cayman Islands 80.5 years
- St. Martin 80.4 years
- Oman 80.2 years
- Czechia 80.0 years
- Albania 79.8 years
- Panama 79.8 years
- Estonia 79.3 years
- Saudi Arabia 79.0 years
- Northern Mariana Islands 78.9 years
- Croatia 78.9 years
- New Caledonia 78.9 years
- United States 78.9 years
- Poland 78.4 years
- Slovakia 78.4 years
- Armenia 78.3 years
- Uruguay 78.3 years
- Cuba 78.3 years
- Turks & Caicos Islands 78.2 years
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 78.0 years
- China 78.0 years
- Jordan 78.0 years
- Lebanon 77.9 years
- Peru 77.9 years
- Colombia 77.9 years
- Montenegro 77.9 years
- Iran 77.9 years
- Antigua & Barbuda 77.8 years
- Sri Lanka 77.7 years
- Ecuador 77.6 years
- Argentina 77.5 years
- British Virgin Islands 77.4 years
- Guam 77.4 years
- Türkiye 77.4 years
- Lithuania 77.2 years
- Curaçao 77.0 years
- Malaysia 76.8 years
- Hungary 76.7 years
- Tunisia 76.7 years
- North Macedonia 76.6 years
- Thailand 76.6 years
- Sint Maarten 76.5 years
- Aruba 76.5 years
- Algeria 76.5 years
- Romania 76.5 years
- Latvia 76.4 years
- Barbados 76.3 years
- Seychelles 76.3 years
- Cape Verde 76.2 years
- Brazil 76.0 years
- Serbia 76.0 years
- Bulgaria 75.8 years
- Brunei 75.5 years
- Morocco 75.5 years
- Grenada 75.4 years
- Mexico 75.3 years
- Nicaragua 75.1 years
- Bangladesh 74.9 years
- Vietnam 74.7 years
- Bahamas 74.7 years
- Ukraine 74.7 years
- Georgia 74.7 years
- Azerbaijan 74.6 years
- Kazakhstan 74.5 years
- Belarus 74.4 years
- Paraguay 74.0 years
- Dominican Republic 73.9 years
- Mauritius 73.8 years
- Suriname 73.8 years
- North Korea 73.7 years
- Belize 73.7 years
- Trinidad & Tobago 73.6 years
- Russia 73.4 years
- Bhutan 73.3 years
- Tonga 73.1 years
- Honduras 73.0 years
- American Samoa 73.0 years
- St. Lucia 72.8 years
- Guatemala 72.7 years
- Venezuela 72.7 years
- Syria 72.6 years
- Uzbekistan 72.5 years
- Iraq 72.4 years
- Kyrgyzstan 72.4 years
- Mongolia 72.4 years
- El Salvador 72.3 years
- St. Kitts & Nevis 72.3 years
- India 72.2 years
- Tajikistan 71.9 years
- Samoa 71.8 years
- Egypt 71.8 years
- Vanuatu 71.7 years
- Jamaica 71.6 years
- St. Vincent & Grenadines 71.4 years
- Moldova 71.3 years
- Dominica 71.3 years
- Indonesia 71.3 years
- Libya 71.1 years
- Cambodia 70.8 years
- Solomon Islands 70.7 years
- Nepal 70.6 years
- Guyana 70.3 years
- Greenland 70.3 years
- Turkmenistan 70.2 years
- Philippines 69.9 years
- São Tomé & Príncipe 69.9 years
- Yemen 69.4 years
- Palau 69.4 years
- Botswana 69.3 years
- Laos 69.2 years
- Palestinian Territories 69.2 years
- Senegal 68.9 years
- Eritrea 68.9 years
- Bolivia 68.7 years
- Mauritania 68.7 years
- Gabon 68.5 years
- Uganda 68.5 years
- Rwanda 68.0 years
- Timor-Leste 67.9 years
- Pakistan 67.8 years
- Ethiopia 67.6 years
- Malawi 67.6 years
- Namibia 67.5 years
- Fiji 67.5 years
- Micronesia 67.4 years
- Tuvalu 67.3 years
- Tanzania 67.2 years
- Myanmar (Burma) 67.1 years
- Marshall Islands 67.1 years
- Comoros 67.0 years
- Kiribati 66.6 years
- Zambia 66.5 years
- Sudan 66.5 years
- South Africa 66.3 years
- Afghanistan 66.3 years
- Papua New Guinea 66.3 years
- Djibouti 66.2 years
- Gambia 66.1 years
- Congo - Brazzaville 66.0 years
- Ghana 65.7 years
- Haiti 65.1 years
- Angola 64.8 years
- Eswatini 64.3 years
- Guinea-Bissau 64.3 years
- Cameroon 64.0 years
- Equatorial Guinea 63.9 years
- Madagascar 63.8 years
- Kenya 63.8 years
- Burundi 63.8 years
- Mozambique 63.8 years
- Zimbabwe 63.1 years
- Togo 62.9 years
- Liberia 62.3 years
- Nauru 62.3 years
- Côte d’Ivoire 62.1 years
- Congo - Kinshasa 62.1 years
- Sierra Leone 62.0 years
- Niger 61.4 years
- Burkina Faso 61.3 years
- Benin 61.0 years
- Guinea 60.9 years
- Mali 60.7 years
- Somalia 59.0 years
- Lesotho 57.8 years
- South Sudan 57.7 years
- Central African Republic 57.7 years
- Chad 55.2 years
- Nigeria 54.6 years
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