Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Zimbabwe

Male life expectancy in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 60.49 years. Ranked 201 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.4%.

2024 60.49 years +0.44% vs 2023
World rank 201of 217
Period maximum 60.49 years2024
Period minimum 44 years2001

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Zimbabwe, 1960–202440455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.08 years1962: 51.97 years1964: 52.87 years1966: 53.72 years1968: 54.42 years1970: 55.06 years1972: 55.49 years1974: 55.31 years1976: 54.17 years1978: 49.02 years1980: 56.18 years1982: 56.75 years1984: 57.35 years1986: 57.52 years1988: 56.75 years1990: 55.16 years1992: 52.91 years1994: 50.4 years1996: 46.94 years1998: 46.02 years2000: 44.83 years2002: 45.14 years2004: 45.66 years2006: 46.86 years2008: 48.25 years2010: 51.2 years2012: 54.07 years2014: 56.57 years2016: 57.94 years2018: 58.85 years2020: 59.09 years2022: 59.88 years2024: 60.49 years
Change over the period: +9.42 (+18.43%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 60.49 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 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 60.49 +0.27 +0.44%
2023 60.23 +0.35 +0.58%
2022 59.88 +2.16 +3.75%
2021 57.72 −1.37 −2.33%
2020 59.09 +0.26 +0.44%
2019 58.83 −0.02 −0.04%
2018 58.85 +0.55 +0.94%
2017 58.3 +0.36 +0.63%
2016 57.94 +0.61 +1.06%
2015 57.33 +0.76 +1.35%
2014 56.57 +1.17 +2.12%
2013 55.4 +1.33 +2.46%
2012 54.07 +1.56 +2.97%
2011 52.51 +1.31 +2.56%
2010 51.2 +1.95 +3.96%
2009 49.25 +1 +2.07%
2008 48.25 +0.6 +1.26%
2007 47.64 +0.79 +1.68%
2006 46.86 +0.66 +1.42%
2005 46.2 +0.54 +1.19%
2004 45.66 +0.67 +1.48%
2003 44.99 −0.15 −0.33%
2002 45.14 +1.14 +2.59%
2001 44 −0.84 −1.87%
2000 44.83 −0.2 −0.44%
1999 45.03 −0.99 −2.16%
1998 46.02 −0.98 −2.08%
1997 47 +0.06 +0.13%
1996 46.94 −2.24 −4.56%
1995 49.18 −1.22 −2.42%
1994 50.4 −1.23 −2.38%
1993 51.63 −1.28 −2.42%
1992 52.91 −1.19 −2.2%
1991 54.1 −1.06 −1.93%
1990 55.16 −0.9 −1.61%
1989 56.06 −0.69 −1.22%
1988 56.75 −0.44 −0.77%
1987 57.19 −0.33 −0.57%
1986 57.52 +0.01 +0.01%
1985 57.51 +0.16 +0.29%
1984 57.35 +0.62 +1.1%
1983 56.72 −0.03 −0.05%
1982 56.75 +0.35 +0.63%
1981 56.4 +0.22 +0.39%
1980 56.18 +7.02 +14.29%
1979 49.15 +0.14 +0.28%
1978 49.02 −3.96 −7.47%
1977 52.97 −1.2 −2.21%
1976 54.17 −1.18 −2.14%
1975 55.35 +0.04 +0.07%
1974 55.31 +0.1 +0.18%
1973 55.21 −0.27 −0.49%
1972 55.49 +0.19 +0.34%
1971 55.3 +0.24 +0.44%
1970 55.06 +0.27 +0.5%
1969 54.78 +0.36 +0.66%
1968 54.42 +0.33 +0.62%
1967 54.09 +0.37 +0.68%
1966 53.72 +0.42 +0.79%
1965 53.31 +0.44 +0.83%
1964 52.87 +0.45 +0.86%
1963 52.41 +0.45 +0.86%
1962 51.97 +0.45 +0.87%
1961 51.52 +0.44 +0.86%
1960 51.08

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.