Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Sierra Leone

Male life expectancy in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 60.23 years. Ranked 205 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 90.8%.

2024 60.23 years +0.27% vs 2023
World rank 205of 217
Period maximum 60.23 years2024
Period minimum 31.57 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Sierra Leone, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 31.57 years1962: 32.65 years1964: 33.87 years1966: 35.37 years1968: 36.52 years1970: 37.34 years1972: 38.06 years1974: 38.75 years1976: 39.74 years1978: 40.48 years1980: 41.14 years1982: 41.63 years1984: 41.95 years1986: 41.99 years1988: 42.32 years1990: 42.35 years1992: 41.95 years1994: 41.21 years1996: 42.17 years1998: 40.72 years2000: 43.65 years2002: 45.2 years2004: 46.57 years2006: 48.59 years2008: 49.69 years2010: 50.94 years2012: 52.21 years2014: 53.4 years2016: 55.99 years2018: 57.85 years2020: 58.19 years2022: 59.53 years2024: 60.23 years
Change over the period: +28.66 (+90.76%) Average annual rate: 1.01 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 60.23 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 — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 60.23 +0.16 +0.27%
2023 60.07 +0.53 +0.9%
2022 59.53 +0.76 +1.29%
2021 58.77 +0.59 +1.01%
2020 58.19 −0.11 −0.19%
2019 58.3 +0.45 +0.78%
2018 57.85 +1.15 +2.04%
2017 56.69 +0.7 +1.26%
2016 55.99 +1.45 +2.65%
2015 54.54 +1.14 +2.13%
2014 53.4 +0.28 +0.53%
2013 53.12 +0.91 +1.75%
2012 52.21 +0.55 +1.06%
2011 51.66 +0.72 +1.41%
2010 50.94 +0.64 +1.27%
2009 50.3 +0.62 +1.24%
2008 49.69 +0.68 +1.4%
2007 49 +0.41 +0.85%
2006 48.59 +1.18 +2.48%
2005 47.41 +0.84 +1.81%
2004 46.57 +0.72 +1.58%
2003 45.85 +0.65 +1.43%
2002 45.2 +0.92 +2.08%
2001 44.28 +0.62 +1.42%
2000 43.65 +4.89 +12.61%
1999 38.77 −1.95 −4.79%
1998 40.72 −1.55 −3.67%
1997 42.27 +0.1 +0.24%
1996 42.17 +1.33 +3.26%
1995 40.83 −0.38 −0.91%
1994 41.21 −0.73 −1.74%
1993 41.94 −0.01 −0.03%
1992 41.95 +0.17 +0.41%
1991 41.78 −0.57 −1.35%
1990 42.35 +0.01 +0.03%
1989 42.34 +0.02 +0.04%
1988 42.32 +0.05 +0.11%
1987 42.27 +0.28 +0.67%
1986 41.99 −0.01 −0.01%
1985 42 +0.05 +0.11%
1984 41.95 +0.15 +0.35%
1983 41.81 +0.17 +0.42%
1982 41.63 +0.23 +0.56%
1981 41.4 +0.27 +0.65%
1980 41.14 +0.31 +0.77%
1979 40.82 +0.34 +0.84%
1978 40.48 +0.34 +0.85%
1977 40.14 +0.4 +1.02%
1976 39.74 +0.42 +1.06%
1975 39.32 +0.57 +1.47%
1974 38.75 +0.32 +0.83%
1973 38.43 +0.38 +0.99%
1972 38.06 +0.31 +0.81%
1971 37.75 +0.41 +1.11%
1970 37.34 +0.32 +0.86%
1969 37.02 +0.5 +1.38%
1968 36.52 +0.47 +1.31%
1967 36.04 +0.67 +1.91%
1966 35.37 +0.82 +2.39%
1965 34.55 +0.67 +1.98%
1964 33.87 +0.62 +1.85%
1963 33.26 +0.61 +1.86%
1962 32.65 +0.53 +1.66%
1961 32.12 +0.54 +1.73%
1960 31.57

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.