Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Kenya

Male life expectancy in Kenya in 2024 — 61.64 years. Ranked 198 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 30.5%.

2024 61.64 years +0.29% vs 2023
World rank 198of 217
Period maximum 61.64 years2024
Period minimum 47.23 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Kenya, 1960–2024455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.23 years1962: 48.83 years1964: 50.01 years1966: 51.14 years1968: 52.04 years1970: 52.87 years1972: 53.54 years1974: 54.41 years1976: 55.44 years1978: 56.41 years1980: 57.36 years1982: 58.09 years1984: 58.84 years1986: 58.98 years1988: 58.29 years1990: 56.61 years1992: 55.34 years1994: 54.76 years1996: 54.82 years1998: 54.75 years2000: 55.33 years2002: 55.84 years2004: 56.97 years2006: 57.83 years2008: 58.43 years2010: 59.25 years2012: 59.72 years2014: 60.05 years2016: 60.46 years2018: 60.73 years2020: 59.15 years2022: 61.32 years2024: 61.64 years
Change over the period: +14.4 (+30.49%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 61.64 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Eastern Africa computed 63.09 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 68.21 years
Male life expectancy — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 61.64 +0.18 +0.29%
2023 61.46 +0.14 +0.22%
2022 61.32 +2.36 +4%
2021 58.97 −0.18 −0.3%
2020 59.15 −1.71 −2.82%
2019 60.86 +0.13 +0.22%
2018 60.73 +0.13 +0.21%
2017 60.6 +0.14 +0.24%
2016 60.46 +0.18 +0.31%
2015 60.27 +0.22 +0.36%
2014 60.05 +0.19 +0.31%
2013 59.87 +0.15 +0.25%
2012 59.72 +0.21 +0.34%
2011 59.51 +0.27 +0.45%
2010 59.25 +0.35 +0.6%
2009 58.89 +0.47 +0.8%
2008 58.43 +0.46 +0.79%
2007 57.97 +0.14 +0.24%
2006 57.83 +0.4 +0.69%
2005 57.43 +0.47 +0.82%
2004 56.97 +0.49 +0.86%
2003 56.48 +0.64 +1.15%
2002 55.84 +0.18 +0.32%
2001 55.67 +0.33 +0.6%
2000 55.33 +0.3 +0.54%
1999 55.03 +0.28 +0.52%
1998 54.75 +0.03 +0.05%
1997 54.72 −0.1 −0.18%
1996 54.82 +0.05 +0.09%
1995 54.77 +0.01 +0.02%
1994 54.76 −0.31 −0.56%
1993 55.07 −0.28 −0.5%
1992 55.34 −0.77 −1.37%
1991 56.11 −0.5 −0.88%
1990 56.61 −1.34 −2.32%
1989 57.96 −0.33 −0.56%
1988 58.29 −0.51 −0.87%
1987 58.8 −0.19 −0.32%
1986 58.98 −0.12 −0.21%
1985 59.11 +0.27 +0.45%
1984 58.84 +0.24 +0.41%
1983 58.6 +0.51 +0.88%
1982 58.09 +0.34 +0.59%
1981 57.75 +0.4 +0.69%
1980 57.36 +0.49 +0.86%
1979 56.87 +0.46 +0.81%
1978 56.41 +0.51 +0.91%
1977 55.91 +0.47 +0.84%
1976 55.44 +0.47 +0.85%
1975 54.97 +0.56 +1.03%
1974 54.41 +0.47 +0.88%
1973 53.94 +0.4 +0.75%
1972 53.54 +0.38 +0.71%
1971 53.16 +0.29 +0.54%
1970 52.87 +0.39 +0.74%
1969 52.48 +0.44 +0.85%
1968 52.04 +0.44 +0.84%
1967 51.61 +0.47 +0.92%
1966 51.14 +0.54 +1.07%
1965 50.59 +0.58 +1.16%
1964 50.01 +0.54 +1.1%
1963 49.47 +0.64 +1.31%
1962 48.83 +0.76 +1.58%
1961 48.07 +0.84 +1.77%
1960 47.23

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.