Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Gambia

Male life expectancy in the Gambia in 2024 — 64.35 years. Ranked 177 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 90.2%.

2024 64.35 years +0.27% vs 2023
World rank 177of 217
Period maximum 64.35 years2024
Period minimum 33.84 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Gambia, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33.84 years1962: 34.82 years1964: 35.8 years1966: 36.78 years1968: 37.76 years1970: 38.7 years1972: 39.68 years1974: 40.81 years1976: 41.9 years1978: 42.61 years1980: 44.05 years1982: 45.36 years1984: 46.53 years1986: 47.76 years1988: 48.95 years1990: 50 years1992: 50.99 years1994: 52.1 years1996: 52.98 years1998: 53.96 years2000: 54.92 years2002: 55.93 years2004: 57.09 years2006: 58.13 years2008: 59.16 years2010: 59.9 years2012: 60.65 years2014: 61.32 years2016: 61.99 years2018: 62.54 years2020: 62.71 years2022: 63.21 years2024: 64.35 years
Change over the period: +30.52 (+90.19%) Average annual rate: 1.01 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 64.35 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Western Africa computed 57.74 years
Low-income countries computed 62.79 years
Male life expectancy — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 64.35 +0.18 +0.27%
2023 64.17 +0.97 +1.53%
2022 63.21 +0.97 +1.56%
2021 62.24 −0.47 −0.76%
2020 62.71 −0.2 −0.32%
2019 62.92 +0.38 +0.6%
2018 62.54 +0.27 +0.44%
2017 62.27 +0.28 +0.45%
2016 61.99 +0.31 +0.5%
2015 61.68 +0.36 +0.59%
2014 61.32 +0.31 +0.5%
2013 61.01 +0.36 +0.59%
2012 60.65 +0.34 +0.57%
2011 60.31 +0.41 +0.69%
2010 59.9 +0.48 +0.8%
2009 59.42 +0.26 +0.44%
2008 59.16 +0.56 +0.96%
2007 58.6 +0.47 +0.81%
2006 58.13 +0.62 +1.08%
2005 57.51 +0.42 +0.73%
2004 57.09 +0.59 +1.04%
2003 56.5 +0.57 +1.01%
2002 55.93 +0.56 +1%
2001 55.38 +0.46 +0.84%
2000 54.92 +0.47 +0.87%
1999 54.44 +0.48 +0.89%
1998 53.96 +0.66 +1.25%
1997 53.3 +0.32 +0.61%
1996 52.98 +0.49 +0.93%
1995 52.49 +0.39 +0.74%
1994 52.1 +0.58 +1.12%
1993 51.53 +0.54 +1.06%
1992 50.99 +0.47 +0.93%
1991 50.52 +0.52 +1.05%
1990 50 +0.47 +0.95%
1989 49.53 +0.57 +1.17%
1988 48.95 +0.64 +1.33%
1987 48.31 +0.55 +1.15%
1986 47.76 +0.6 +1.26%
1985 47.17 +0.64 +1.37%
1984 46.53 +0.61 +1.32%
1983 45.92 +0.57 +1.25%
1982 45.36 +2.77 +6.5%
1981 42.59 −1.46 −3.32%
1980 44.05 +0.6 +1.38%
1979 43.45 +0.84 +1.97%
1978 42.61 +0.25 +0.59%
1977 42.35 +0.45 +1.08%
1976 41.9 +0.65 +1.59%
1975 41.25 +0.44 +1.07%
1974 40.81 +0.65 +1.62%
1973 40.16 +0.49 +1.22%
1972 39.68 +0.49 +1.26%
1971 39.18 +0.49 +1.26%
1970 38.7 +0.48 +1.27%
1969 38.21 +0.45 +1.2%
1968 37.76 +0.49 +1.32%
1967 37.27 +0.48 +1.31%
1966 36.78 +0.4 +1.09%
1965 36.39 +0.59 +1.65%
1964 35.8 +0.49 +1.39%
1963 35.3 +0.49 +1.4%
1962 34.82 +0.5 +1.47%
1961 34.31 +0.48 +1.41%
1960 33.84

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.