Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Botswana

Male life expectancy in Botswana in 2024 — 66.78 years. Ranked 157 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 35.8%.

2024 66.78 years +0.16% vs 2023
World rank 157of 217
Period maximum 66.78 years2024
Period minimum 49.18 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Botswana, 1960–202445505560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.18 years1962: 50.24 years1964: 51.19 years1966: 52.04 years1968: 52.94 years1970: 53.94 years1972: 55.08 years1974: 56.32 years1976: 57.61 years1978: 58.85 years1980: 59.89 years1982: 60.65 years1984: 60.8 years1986: 60.27 years1988: 58.42 years1990: 56.66 years1992: 55.23 years1994: 53.3 years1996: 51.95 years1998: 51 years2000: 50.5 years2002: 50.59 years2004: 51.76 years2006: 53.47 years2008: 55.89 years2010: 56.79 years2012: 58.31 years2014: 60.2 years2016: 62.23 years2018: 64.06 years2020: 65.04 years2022: 66.29 years2024: 66.78 years
Change over the period: +17.61 (+35.8%) Average annual rate: 0.48 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana 66.78 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Southern Africa computed 62.68 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 73.58 years
Male life expectancy — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 66.78 +0.11 +0.16%
2023 66.67 +0.38 +0.58%
2022 66.29 +5.08 +8.31%
2021 61.21 −3.83 −5.89%
2020 65.04 +0.27 +0.41%
2019 64.78 +0.72 +1.12%
2018 64.06 +0.84 +1.32%
2017 63.22 +0.99 +1.6%
2016 62.23 +1.02 +1.66%
2015 61.21 +1.01 +1.67%
2014 60.2 +0.99 +1.67%
2013 59.21 +0.9 +1.54%
2012 58.31 +0.81 +1.4%
2011 57.51 +0.72 +1.26%
2010 56.79 +0.69 +1.22%
2009 56.11 +0.21 +0.38%
2008 55.89 +0.87 +1.58%
2007 55.02 +1.55 +2.91%
2006 53.47 +0.98 +1.87%
2005 52.49 +0.73 +1.41%
2004 51.76 +0.72 +1.4%
2003 51.04 +0.46 +0.9%
2002 50.59 +0.12 +0.24%
2001 50.47 −0.04 −0.08%
2000 50.5 −0.15 −0.3%
1999 50.66 −0.34 −0.67%
1998 51 −0.48 −0.94%
1997 51.48 −0.47 −0.91%
1996 51.95 +0.06 +0.12%
1995 51.89 −1.42 −2.65%
1994 53.3 −1.41 −2.58%
1993 54.71 −0.52 −0.94%
1992 55.23 −0.29 −0.52%
1991 55.52 −1.14 −2%
1990 56.66 −1.14 −1.97%
1989 57.8 −0.63 −1.07%
1988 58.42 −1.2 −2.01%
1987 59.62 −0.65 −1.07%
1986 60.27 −0.35 −0.58%
1985 60.62 −0.18 −0.3%
1984 60.8 +0.02 +0.03%
1983 60.78 +0.13 +0.21%
1982 60.65 +0.31 +0.51%
1981 60.35 +0.46 +0.76%
1980 59.89 +0.46 +0.77%
1979 59.43 +0.58 +0.98%
1978 58.85 +0.6 +1.03%
1977 58.26 +0.65 +1.12%
1976 57.61 +0.65 +1.15%
1975 56.95 +0.64 +1.13%
1974 56.32 +0.63 +1.12%
1973 55.69 +0.61 +1.11%
1972 55.08 +0.58 +1.07%
1971 54.5 +0.56 +1.04%
1970 53.94 +0.52 +0.97%
1969 53.42 +0.48 +0.91%
1968 52.94 +0.46 +0.88%
1967 52.48 +0.44 +0.84%
1966 52.04 +0.41 +0.8%
1965 51.63 +0.44 +0.86%
1964 51.19 +0.46 +0.9%
1963 50.73 +0.49 +0.98%
1962 50.24 +0.54 +1.09%
1961 49.7 +0.52 +1.07%
1960 49.18

Southern Africa, 2024

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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.