Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Benin

Male life expectancy in Benin in 2024 — 59.52 years. Ranked 209 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 61.6%.

2024 59.52 years +0.29% vs 2023
World rank 209of 217
Period maximum 59.52 years2024
Period minimum 36.82 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Benin, 1960–20243040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36.82 years1962: 37.61 years1964: 38.41 years1966: 39.27 years1968: 40.14 years1970: 40.91 years1972: 41.81 years1974: 42.72 years1976: 43.63 years1978: 44.44 years1980: 45.14 years1982: 45.76 years1984: 46.54 years1986: 47.68 years1988: 49.09 years1990: 50.11 years1992: 51.37 years1994: 52.58 years1996: 53.59 years1998: 54.21 years2000: 54.82 years2002: 55.34 years2004: 56.06 years2006: 56.74 years2008: 57.05 years2010: 57.47 years2012: 57.63 years2014: 58.03 years2016: 58.25 years2018: 58.65 years2020: 58.73 years2022: 59.2 years2024: 59.52 years
Change over the period: +22.69 (+61.63%) Average annual rate: 0.75 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 59.52 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Western Africa computed 57.74 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 68.21 years
Male life expectancy — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 59.52 +0.17 +0.29%
2023 59.35 +0.15 +0.25%
2022 59.2 +0.81 +1.38%
2021 58.39 −0.34 −0.58%
2020 58.73 +0.04 +0.07%
2019 58.69 +0.05 +0.08%
2018 58.65 +0.24 +0.42%
2017 58.4 +0.15 +0.26%
2016 58.25 +0.13 +0.22%
2015 58.12 +0.1 +0.17%
2014 58.03 +0.13 +0.23%
2013 57.9 +0.27 +0.46%
2012 57.63 +0.08 +0.13%
2011 57.55 +0.09 +0.15%
2010 57.47 +0.18 +0.31%
2009 57.29 +0.24 +0.42%
2008 57.05 −0.02 −0.04%
2007 57.08 +0.33 +0.59%
2006 56.74 +0.23 +0.41%
2005 56.51 +0.45 +0.8%
2004 56.06 +0.36 +0.64%
2003 55.71 +0.37 +0.67%
2002 55.34 +0.35 +0.64%
2001 54.98 +0.16 +0.29%
2000 54.82 +0.4 +0.74%
1999 54.42 +0.21 +0.39%
1998 54.21 +0.24 +0.44%
1997 53.97 +0.38 +0.71%
1996 53.59 +0.49 +0.93%
1995 53.1 +0.52 +0.99%
1994 52.58 +0.54 +1.04%
1993 52.04 +0.68 +1.31%
1992 51.37 +0.77 +1.51%
1991 50.6 +0.49 +0.97%
1990 50.11 +0.61 +1.23%
1989 49.51 +0.42 +0.85%
1988 49.09 +0.75 +1.55%
1987 48.34 +0.66 +1.39%
1986 47.68 +0.63 +1.35%
1985 47.04 +0.51 +1.09%
1984 46.54 +0.49 +1.07%
1983 46.05 +0.28 +0.62%
1982 45.76 +0.3 +0.67%
1981 45.46 +0.32 +0.7%
1980 45.14 +0.32 +0.72%
1979 44.82 +0.38 +0.85%
1978 44.44 +0.38 +0.85%
1977 44.07 +0.43 +0.99%
1976 43.63 +0.42 +0.98%
1975 43.21 +0.49 +1.14%
1974 42.72 +0.39 +0.93%
1973 42.33 +0.52 +1.25%
1972 41.81 +0.48 +1.16%
1971 41.33 +0.42 +1.02%
1970 40.91 +0.42 +1.03%
1969 40.49 +0.36 +0.89%
1968 40.14 +0.36 +0.91%
1967 39.77 +0.5 +1.27%
1966 39.27 +0.43 +1.1%
1965 38.85 +0.44 +1.14%
1964 38.41 +0.37 +0.96%
1963 38.04 +0.43 +1.14%
1962 37.61 +0.45 +1.2%
1961 37.17 +0.34 +0.93%
1960 36.82

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.