Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Middle Africa

Male life expectancy in Middle Africa in 2024 — 60.11 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 60.6%.

2024 60.11 years +0.28% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 60.11 years2024
Period minimum 36.84 years1961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Middle Africa, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 37.42 years1962: 38.93 years1964: 39.05 years1966: 40.73 years1968: 41.51 years1970: 42.25 years1972: 43.12 years1974: 43.7 years1976: 43.85 years1978: 44.08 years1980: 44.96 years1982: 45.46 years1984: 45.85 years1986: 46.43 years1988: 46.73 years1990: 46.86 years1992: 47.42 years1994: 47.61 years1996: 47.73 years1998: 47.06 years2000: 49.18 years2002: 49.85 years2004: 51.42 years2006: 52.45 years2008: 53.57 years2010: 54.45 years2012: 55.56 years2014: 55.99 years2016: 57.19 years2018: 57.97 years2020: 58.2 years2022: 58.19 years2024: 60.11 years
Change over the period: +22.69 (+60.64%) Average annual rate: 0.74 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 60.11 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 60.11 +0.17 +0.28%
2023 59.94 +1.75 +3.01%
2022 58.19 +0.54 +0.93%
2021 57.65 −0.55 −0.94%
2020 58.2 +0.54 +0.93%
2019 57.66 −0.31 −0.53%
2018 57.97 +0.6 +1.05%
2017 57.37 +0.18 +0.31%
2016 57.19 +0.38 +0.67%
2015 56.81 +0.82 +1.47%
2014 55.99 +0.07 +0.12%
2013 55.92 +0.36 +0.65%
2012 55.56 +0.48 +0.87%
2011 55.08 +0.63 +1.16%
2010 54.45 +1.73 +3.29%
2009 52.72 −0.85 −1.59%
2008 53.57 +0.52 +0.99%
2007 53.05 +0.6 +1.15%
2006 52.45 +0.49 +0.94%
2005 51.96 +0.53 +1.04%
2004 51.42 +0.62 +1.21%
2003 50.8 +0.96 +1.92%
2002 49.85 +0.33 +0.67%
2001 49.51 +0.33 +0.66%
2000 49.18 +1.78 +3.77%
1999 47.4 +0.34 +0.72%
1998 47.06 −0.98 −2.03%
1997 48.04 +0.31 +0.65%
1996 47.73 −0.76 −1.56%
1995 48.49 +0.88 +1.85%
1994 47.61 +0.33 +0.71%
1993 47.27 −0.14 −0.3%
1992 47.42 −0.17 −0.36%
1991 47.59 +0.73 +1.55%
1990 46.86 −0.05 −0.1%
1989 46.9 +0.17 +0.37%
1988 46.73 +0.77 +1.67%
1987 45.96 −0.47 −1%
1986 46.43 +0.24 +0.52%
1985 46.19 +0.34 +0.75%
1984 45.85 +0.29 +0.64%
1983 45.55 +0.09 +0.21%
1982 45.46 +0.26 +0.58%
1981 45.2 +0.23 +0.52%
1980 44.96 +0.35 +0.78%
1979 44.62 +0.54 +1.22%
1978 44.08 −0.07 −0.16%
1977 44.15 +0.3 +0.68%
1976 43.85 +0.08 +0.18%
1975 43.77 +0.07 +0.16%
1974 43.7 +0.24 +0.56%
1973 43.46 +0.33 +0.77%
1972 43.12 +0.5 +1.18%
1971 42.62 +0.37 +0.87%
1970 42.25 +0.41 +0.99%
1969 41.84 +0.33 +0.78%
1968 41.51 +0.47 +1.16%
1967 41.04 +0.31 +0.77%
1966 40.73 +1.12 +2.82%
1965 39.61 +0.56 +1.43%
1964 39.05 −0.2 −0.51%
1963 39.25 +0.31 +0.81%
1962 38.93 +2.09 +5.68%
1961 36.84 −0.58 −1.55%
1960 37.42

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.