Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Mauritania

Male life expectancy in Mauritania in 2024 — 66.7 years. Ranked 159 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 56.1%.

2024 66.7 years +0.31% vs 2023
World rank 159of 217
Period maximum 66.7 years2024
Period minimum 42.73 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Mauritania, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.73 years1962: 44.08 years1964: 45.43 years1966: 46.87 years1968: 47.97 years1970: 48.97 years1972: 49.47 years1974: 49.79 years1976: 49.94 years1978: 50.55 years1980: 51.45 years1982: 52.51 years1984: 53.48 years1986: 54.7 years1988: 55.9 years1990: 56.59 years1992: 57.08 years1994: 57.29 years1996: 57.43 years1998: 58.13 years2000: 59.25 years2002: 60.32 years2004: 61.36 years2006: 62.33 years2008: 62.98 years2010: 63.49 years2012: 63.74 years2014: 64.22 years2016: 64.97 years2018: 65.64 years2020: 64.8 years2022: 66.33 years2024: 66.7 years
Change over the period: +23.98 (+56.11%) Average annual rate: 0.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 66.7 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 — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 66.7 +0.2 +0.31%
2023 66.5 +0.17 +0.26%
2022 66.33 +1.45 +2.24%
2021 64.88 +0.07 +0.11%
2020 64.8 −1.01 −1.54%
2019 65.82 +0.17 +0.26%
2018 65.64 +0.34 +0.53%
2017 65.3 +0.33 +0.51%
2016 64.97 +0.41 +0.64%
2015 64.56 +0.33 +0.52%
2014 64.22 +0.37 +0.59%
2013 63.85 +0.11 +0.18%
2012 63.74 +0.15 +0.23%
2011 63.59 +0.11 +0.17%
2010 63.49 +0.24 +0.38%
2009 63.24 +0.26 +0.42%
2008 62.98 +0.3 +0.49%
2007 62.68 +0.34 +0.55%
2006 62.33 +0.54 +0.87%
2005 61.8 +0.43 +0.71%
2004 61.36 +0.58 +0.96%
2003 60.78 +0.46 +0.76%
2002 60.32 +0.53 +0.88%
2001 59.79 +0.55 +0.92%
2000 59.25 +0.57 +0.98%
1999 58.68 +0.55 +0.95%
1998 58.13 +0.28 +0.49%
1997 57.84 +0.41 +0.71%
1996 57.43 +0.04 +0.07%
1995 57.39 +0.1 +0.18%
1994 57.29 +0.01 +0.02%
1993 57.28 +0.2 +0.35%
1992 57.08 +0.25 +0.45%
1991 56.82 +0.24 +0.42%
1990 56.59 +0.46 +0.82%
1989 56.12 +0.23 +0.41%
1988 55.9 +0.56 +1%
1987 55.34 +0.64 +1.17%
1986 54.7 +0.56 +1.04%
1985 54.14 +0.66 +1.22%
1984 53.48 +0.66 +1.25%
1983 52.82 +0.31 +0.59%
1982 52.51 +0.56 +1.08%
1981 51.95 +0.5 +0.97%
1980 51.45 +0.5 +0.98%
1979 50.95 +0.4 +0.8%
1978 50.55 +0.4 +0.8%
1977 50.15 +0.21 +0.41%
1976 49.94 +0.16 +0.32%
1975 49.78 −0.01 −0.02%
1974 49.79 +0.13 +0.26%
1973 49.67 +0.2 +0.4%
1972 49.47 +0.28 +0.57%
1971 49.19 +0.22 +0.45%
1970 48.97 +0.48 +0.98%
1969 48.49 +0.52 +1.09%
1968 47.97 +0.4 +0.85%
1967 47.56 +0.69 +1.47%
1966 46.87 +0.72 +1.56%
1965 46.15 +0.72 +1.58%
1964 45.43 +0.71 +1.6%
1963 44.72 +0.64 +1.46%
1962 44.08 +0.72 +1.66%
1961 43.36 +0.63 +1.47%
1960 42.73

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.