Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Zambia

Male life expectancy in Zambia in 2024 — 64.1 years. Ranked 180 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 29.3%.

2024 64.1 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank 180of 217
Period maximum 64.1 years2024
Period minimum 44.71 years1996

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Zambia, 1960–202440455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.58 years1962: 50.26 years1964: 49.85 years1966: 51.15 years1968: 51.54 years1970: 52.22 years1972: 53.14 years1974: 54.16 years1976: 54.75 years1978: 54.86 years1980: 53.79 years1982: 52.53 years1984: 51.1 years1986: 49.46 years1988: 48.2 years1990: 46.91 years1992: 45.75 years1994: 45.2 years1996: 44.71 years1998: 44.81 years2000: 45.8 years2002: 47.7 years2004: 49.9 years2006: 51.93 years2008: 53.69 years2010: 55.48 years2012: 56.95 years2014: 58.09 years2016: 58.92 years2018: 59.69 years2020: 60.73 years2022: 62.77 years2024: 64.1 years
Change over the period: +14.52 (+29.28%) Average annual rate: 0.4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 64.1 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Eastern Africa computed 63.09 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 68.21 years
Male life expectancy — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 64.1 +0.16 +0.26%
2023 63.94 +1.17 +1.86%
2022 62.77 +2.98 +4.98%
2021 59.79 −0.94 −1.55%
2020 60.73 +0.38 +0.63%
2019 60.35 +0.66 +1.1%
2018 59.69 +0.49 +0.82%
2017 59.21 +0.29 +0.49%
2016 58.92 +0.37 +0.64%
2015 58.55 +0.45 +0.78%
2014 58.09 +0.47 +0.82%
2013 57.62 +0.67 +1.17%
2012 56.95 +0.77 +1.37%
2011 56.19 +0.71 +1.27%
2010 55.48 +0.76 +1.39%
2009 54.72 +1.03 +1.91%
2008 53.69 +0.82 +1.54%
2007 52.88 +0.95 +1.82%
2006 51.93 +0.9 +1.77%
2005 51.03 +1.13 +2.26%
2004 49.9 +1.18 +2.42%
2003 48.72 +1.02 +2.13%
2002 47.7 +1.06 +2.27%
2001 46.65 +0.85 +1.85%
2000 45.8 +0.67 +1.49%
1999 45.13 +0.32 +0.71%
1998 44.81 +0.09 +0.19%
1997 44.72 +0.01 +0.01%
1996 44.71 −0.2 −0.45%
1995 44.92 −0.28 −0.63%
1994 45.2 −0.23 −0.51%
1993 45.43 −0.32 −0.7%
1992 45.75 −0.45 −0.97%
1991 46.2 −0.71 −1.52%
1990 46.91 −0.56 −1.18%
1989 47.47 −0.73 −1.51%
1988 48.2 −0.63 −1.28%
1987 48.83 −0.63 −1.28%
1986 49.46 −0.77 −1.54%
1985 50.23 −0.86 −1.69%
1984 51.1 −0.84 −1.61%
1983 51.93 −0.6 −1.15%
1982 52.53 −0.69 −1.3%
1981 53.23 −0.56 −1.05%
1980 53.79 −0.59 −1.09%
1979 54.39 −0.47 −0.85%
1978 54.86 +0.02 +0.04%
1977 54.84 +0.08 +0.15%
1976 54.75 +0.27 +0.5%
1975 54.48 +0.32 +0.6%
1974 54.16 +0.43 +0.8%
1973 53.72 +0.58 +1.1%
1972 53.14 +0.46 +0.87%
1971 52.68 +0.47 +0.89%
1970 52.22 +0.38 +0.74%
1969 51.84 +0.3 +0.58%
1968 51.54 +0.2 +0.39%
1967 51.34 +0.19 +0.37%
1966 51.15 +0.2 +0.39%
1965 50.95 +1.1 +2.2%
1964 49.85 −0.71 −1.4%
1963 50.56 +0.3 +0.6%
1962 50.26 +0.26 +0.52%
1961 50 +0.42 +0.84%
1960 49.58

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.