Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Western Africa

Male life expectancy in Western Africa in 2024 — 57.74 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 60.4%.

2024 57.74 years +0.3% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 57.74 years2024
Period minimum 36.01 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Western Africa, 1960–20243040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36.01 years1962: 36.49 years1964: 36.91 years1966: 37.42 years1968: 37.73 years1970: 39.08 years1972: 40.07 years1974: 41.13 years1976: 42.83 years1978: 44.01 years1980: 44.78 years1982: 45.42 years1984: 45.81 years1986: 46.08 years1988: 46.43 years1990: 46.61 years1992: 46.88 years1994: 47.05 years1996: 47.48 years1998: 48.11 years2000: 49.11 years2002: 50.16 years2004: 51.27 years2006: 52.06 years2008: 53.01 years2010: 53.7 years2012: 54.33 years2014: 54.81 years2016: 55.41 years2018: 55.99 years2020: 56.16 years2022: 57.16 years2024: 57.74 years
Change over the period: +21.74 (+60.37%) Average annual rate: 0.74 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Africa 57.74 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 57.74 +0.17 +0.3%
2023 57.57 +0.41 +0.72%
2022 57.16 +0.76 +1.35%
2021 56.4 +0.25 +0.44%
2020 56.16 −0.16 −0.28%
2019 56.31 +0.32 +0.58%
2018 55.99 +0.31 +0.56%
2017 55.67 +0.27 +0.48%
2016 55.41 +0.39 +0.7%
2015 55.02 +0.21 +0.39%
2014 54.81 +0.23 +0.43%
2013 54.57 +0.25 +0.45%
2012 54.33 +0.3 +0.56%
2011 54.03 +0.33 +0.61%
2010 53.7 +0.34 +0.63%
2009 53.36 +0.35 +0.67%
2008 53.01 +0.46 +0.87%
2007 52.55 +0.5 +0.96%
2006 52.06 +0.43 +0.83%
2005 51.62 +0.36 +0.7%
2004 51.27 +0.6 +1.18%
2003 50.67 +0.51 +1.02%
2002 50.16 +0.55 +1.1%
2001 49.61 +0.5 +1.01%
2000 49.11 +0.59 +1.22%
1999 48.52 +0.42 +0.86%
1998 48.11 +0.33 +0.69%
1997 47.77 +0.29 +0.62%
1996 47.48 +0.18 +0.38%
1995 47.3 +0.25 +0.52%
1994 47.05 +0.03 +0.06%
1993 47.03 +0.15 +0.32%
1992 46.88 +0.21 +0.44%
1991 46.67 +0.06 +0.13%
1990 46.61 +0.01 +0.03%
1989 46.6 +0.17 +0.36%
1988 46.43 +0.16 +0.35%
1987 46.27 +0.19 +0.41%
1986 46.08 +0.16 +0.35%
1985 45.92 +0.11 +0.24%
1984 45.81 +0.16 +0.35%
1983 45.65 +0.23 +0.51%
1982 45.42 +0.27 +0.6%
1981 45.15 +0.37 +0.82%
1980 44.78 +0.32 +0.73%
1979 44.46 +0.45 +1.02%
1978 44.01 +0.53 +1.22%
1977 43.48 +0.64 +1.5%
1976 42.83 +1.19 +2.85%
1975 41.65 +0.51 +1.25%
1974 41.13 +0.59 +1.45%
1973 40.54 +0.47 +1.19%
1972 40.07 +0.54 +1.37%
1971 39.53 +0.45 +1.15%
1970 39.08 +1.01 +2.65%
1969 38.07 +0.34 +0.9%
1968 37.73 +0.8 +2.16%
1967 36.93 −0.48 −1.29%
1966 37.42 +0.24 +0.65%
1965 37.18 +0.26 +0.71%
1964 36.91 +0.21 +0.57%
1963 36.7 +0.21 +0.58%
1962 36.49 +0.25 +0.7%
1961 36.24 +0.23 +0.65%
1960 36.01

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.