Indicators / Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy at birth
Average number of years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held constant.
26 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1YemenLow69.3 yrs2SenegalLow68.7 yrs3EritreaLow68.6 yrs4PakistanLow67.6 yrs5MalawiLow67.4 yrs6EthiopiaLow67.3 yrs7SudanLow66.3 yrs8AfghanistanLow66 yrs9DjiboutiLow66 yrs10GambiaLow65.9 yrs11Guinea-BissauLow64.1 yrs12BurundiLow63.7 yrs13MadagascarLow63.6 yrs14MozambiqueLow63.6 yrs15LiberiaLow62.2 yrs16Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low61.9 yrs17Sierra LeoneLow61.8 yrs18NigerLow61.2 yrs19Burkina FasoLow61.1 yrs20BeninLow60.8 yrs21GuineaLow60.7 yrs22MaliLow60.4 yrs23SomaliaLow58.8 yrs24South SudanLow57.6 yrs25Central African RepublicLow57.4 yrs26ChadLow55.1 yrs