Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Namibia

Male life expectancy in Namibia in 2024 — 63.45 years. Ranked 186 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 36.4%.

2024 63.45 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank 186of 217
Period maximum 63.45 years2024
Period minimum 46.51 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Namibia, 1960–2024455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.51 years1962: 47.94 years1964: 49.39 years1966: 50.08 years1968: 51.34 years1970: 52.47 years1972: 53.54 years1974: 54.49 years1976: 55.35 years1978: 56.15 years1980: 51.03 years1982: 51.65 years1984: 52.67 years1986: 53.43 years1988: 53.94 years1990: 58.22 years1992: 57.18 years1994: 55.84 years1996: 54.45 years1998: 52.94 years2000: 51.23 years2002: 50.2 years2004: 50.33 years2006: 51.03 years2008: 52.12 years2010: 53.43 years2012: 54.69 years2014: 56.27 years2016: 57.48 years2018: 58.95 years2020: 60.16 years2022: 60.36 years2024: 63.45 years
Change over the period: +16.94 (+36.43%) Average annual rate: 0.49 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Namibia 63.45 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 — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.45 +0.13 +0.2%
2023 63.33 +2.97 +4.92%
2022 60.36 +3.04 +5.3%
2021 57.32 −2.84 −4.73%
2020 60.16 +0.38 +0.64%
2019 59.78 +0.82 +1.4%
2018 58.95 +0.76 +1.31%
2017 58.19 +0.71 +1.23%
2016 57.48 +0.64 +1.12%
2015 56.85 +0.57 +1.01%
2014 56.27 +0.88 +1.58%
2013 55.4 +0.71 +1.3%
2012 54.69 +0.89 +1.66%
2011 53.79 +0.36 +0.67%
2010 53.43 +0.67 +1.27%
2009 52.76 +0.65 +1.24%
2008 52.12 +0.5 +0.96%
2007 51.62 +0.59 +1.15%
2006 51.03 +0.34 +0.66%
2005 50.69 +0.37 +0.73%
2004 50.33 +0.14 +0.27%
2003 50.19 −0.01 −0.02%
2002 50.2 −0.01 −0.02%
2001 50.2 −1.03 −2.01%
2000 51.23 −0.83 −1.59%
1999 52.06 −0.88 −1.67%
1998 52.94 −0.96 −1.78%
1997 53.9 −0.55 −1.01%
1996 54.45 −0.66 −1.2%
1995 55.12 −0.72 −1.29%
1994 55.84 −0.48 −0.86%
1993 56.32 −0.87 −1.51%
1992 57.18 −0.58 −1%
1991 57.76 −0.46 −0.79%
1990 58.22 +1.37 +2.41%
1989 56.85 +2.91 +5.4%
1988 53.94 +0.02 +0.03%
1987 53.92 +0.49 +0.92%
1986 53.43 +0.31 +0.58%
1985 53.12 +0.45 +0.86%
1984 52.67 +0.61 +1.17%
1983 52.05 +0.41 +0.78%
1982 51.65 +0.38 +0.74%
1981 51.27 +0.24 +0.47%
1980 51.03 −5.41 −9.59%
1979 56.44 +0.29 +0.52%
1978 56.15 +0.39 +0.7%
1977 55.76 +0.41 +0.73%
1976 55.35 +0.42 +0.76%
1975 54.94 +0.45 +0.83%
1974 54.49 +0.43 +0.79%
1973 54.06 +0.52 +0.97%
1972 53.54 +0.52 +0.98%
1971 53.02 +0.55 +1.04%
1970 52.47 +0.55 +1.06%
1969 51.92 +0.58 +1.12%
1968 51.34 +0.6 +1.18%
1967 50.74 +0.67 +1.33%
1966 50.08 +0.03 +0.05%
1965 50.05 +0.66 +1.34%
1964 49.39 +0.75 +1.54%
1963 48.64 +0.7 +1.45%
1962 47.94 +0.75 +1.6%
1961 47.19 +0.68 +1.46%
1960 46.51

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.