Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Eritrea

Male life expectancy in Eritrea in 2024 — 66.76 years. Ranked 158 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 88.6%.

2024 66.76 years +0.38% vs 2023
World rank 158of 217
Period maximum 66.76 years2024
Period minimum 34.96 years1983

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Eritrea, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 35.4 years1962: 36.31 years1964: 37.15 years1966: 35.75 years1968: 38.42 years1970: 39.15 years1972: 38.79 years1974: 36.76 years1976: 39.74 years1978: 40.5 years1980: 42.12 years1982: 42.12 years1984: 35.45 years1986: 37.63 years1988: 45.64 years1990: 47.47 years1992: 50.97 years1994: 52.64 years1996: 54.07 years1998: 43.78 years2000: 54.05 years2002: 57.23 years2004: 58.34 years2006: 59.76 years2008: 60.57 years2010: 61.8 years2012: 62.76 years2014: 63.51 years2016: 64.13 years2018: 64.85 years2020: 64.63 years2022: 65.67 years2024: 66.76 years
Change over the period: +31.36 (+88.6%) Average annual rate: 1 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eritrea 66.76 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Eastern Africa computed 63.09 years
Low-income countries computed 62.79 years
Male life expectancy — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 66.76 +0.25 +0.38%
2023 66.51 +0.84 +1.27%
2022 65.67 +0.85 +1.31%
2021 64.83 +0.2 +0.31%
2020 64.63 −0.55 −0.84%
2019 65.17 +0.33 +0.51%
2018 64.85 +0.35 +0.55%
2017 64.49 +0.36 +0.57%
2016 64.13 +0.27 +0.43%
2015 63.86 +0.34 +0.54%
2014 63.51 +0.52 +0.82%
2013 63 +0.23 +0.37%
2012 62.76 +0.44 +0.7%
2011 62.33 +0.53 +0.86%
2010 61.8 +0.41 +0.66%
2009 61.39 +0.82 +1.35%
2008 60.57 +0.33 +0.55%
2007 60.24 +0.49 +0.81%
2006 59.76 +0.88 +1.49%
2005 58.88 +0.53 +0.92%
2004 58.34 +0.67 +1.16%
2003 57.68 +0.45 +0.78%
2002 57.23 +0.54 +0.95%
2001 56.69 +2.64 +4.88%
2000 54.05 +16.92 +45.57%
1999 37.13 −6.65 −15.19%
1998 43.78 −10.84 −19.84%
1997 54.62 +0.55 +1.02%
1996 54.07 +0.63 +1.18%
1995 53.43 +0.79 +1.51%
1994 52.64 +0.86 +1.67%
1993 51.78 +0.81 +1.59%
1992 50.97 +2.73 +5.66%
1991 48.23 +0.77 +1.62%
1990 47.47 +2.34 +5.18%
1989 45.13 −0.51 −1.11%
1988 45.64 +0.81 +1.81%
1987 44.83 +7.2 +19.13%
1986 37.63 +1.23 +3.38%
1985 36.4 +0.95 +2.67%
1984 35.45 +0.49 +1.4%
1983 34.96 −7.16 −17%
1982 42.12 −0.39 −0.92%
1981 42.51 +0.39 +0.93%
1980 42.12 +1.14 +2.77%
1979 40.98 +0.48 +1.19%
1978 40.5 +0.39 +0.98%
1977 40.11 +0.37 +0.94%
1976 39.74 +3.31 +9.07%
1975 36.43 −0.33 −0.9%
1974 36.76 −2.41 −6.15%
1973 39.17 +0.38 +0.98%
1972 38.79 −0.75 −1.88%
1971 39.54 +0.39 +0.99%
1970 39.15 +0.39 +1%
1969 38.76 +0.34 +0.89%
1968 38.42 +0.36 +0.94%
1967 38.06 +2.31 +6.47%
1966 35.75 −1.8 −4.78%
1965 37.54 +0.4 +1.07%
1964 37.15 +0.33 +0.89%
1963 36.82 +0.51 +1.4%
1962 36.31 +0.44 +1.21%
1961 35.87 +0.47 +1.34%
1960 35.4

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.