Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Botswana

Life expectancy at birth in Botswana in 2024 — 69.3 years. Ranked 158 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 35.3%.

2024 69.3 years +0.19% vs 2023
World rank 158of 217
Period maximum 69.3 years2024
Period minimum 51.2 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Botswana, 1960–2024505560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.2 years1962: 52.3 years1964: 53.4 years1966: 54.4 years1968: 55.4 years1970: 56.4 years1972: 57.7 years1974: 58.9 years1976: 60.2 years1978: 61.5 years1980: 62.5 years1982: 63.4 years1984: 63.7 years1986: 63.4 years1988: 61.7 years1990: 60.1 years1992: 58.2 years1994: 56 years1996: 54.3 years1998: 53 years2000: 52.3 years2002: 52.4 years2004: 53.6 years2006: 55.1 years2008: 57.7 years2010: 59.1 years2012: 60.4 years2014: 62.2 years2016: 64.3 years2018: 66.4 years2020: 67.6 years2022: 68.7 years2024: 69.3 years
Change over the period: +18.1 (+35.29%) Average annual rate: 0.47 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana 69.3 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Southern Africa computed 66.2 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 69.3 +0.1 +0.19%
2023 69.2 +0.4 +0.6%
2022 68.7 +5.4 +8.6%
2021 63.3 −4.3 −6.42%
2020 67.6 +0.5 +0.71%
2019 67.2 +0.8 +1.2%
2018 66.4 +1 +1.45%
2017 65.4 +1.1 +1.71%
2016 64.3 +1.1 +1.75%
2015 63.2 +1 +1.69%
2014 62.2 +1 +1.55%
2013 61.2 +0.8 +1.38%
2012 60.4 +0.7 +1.12%
2011 59.7 +0.6 +0.98%
2010 59.1 +0.8 +1.44%
2009 58.3 +0.6 +1.1%
2008 57.7 +0.9 +1.63%
2007 56.7 +1.6 +2.94%
2006 55.1 +0.7 +1.33%
2005 54.4 +0.8 +1.52%
2004 53.6 +0.7 +1.37%
2003 52.9 +0.5 +0.91%
2002 52.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2001 52.2 −0.1 −0.1%
2000 52.3 −0.2 −0.45%
1999 52.5 −0.5 −0.89%
1998 53 −0.6 −1.17%
1997 53.6 −0.7 −1.27%
1996 54.3 −0.4 −0.78%
1995 54.7 −1.3 −2.25%
1994 56 −1.3 −2.35%
1993 57.3 −0.9 −1.5%
1992 58.2 −0.7 −1.22%
1991 58.9 −1.2 −1.98%
1990 60.1 −1.1 −1.77%
1989 61.2 −0.5 −0.82%
1988 61.7 −1.1 −1.82%
1987 62.8 −0.5 −0.83%
1986 63.4 −0.3 −0.45%
1985 63.6 −0.1 −0.09%
1984 63.7 +0.1 +0.16%
1983 63.6 +0.2 +0.35%
1982 63.4 +0.4 +0.56%
1981 63 +0.5 +0.8%
1980 62.5 +0.5 +0.79%
1979 62 +0.5 +0.89%
1978 61.5 +0.6 +1.02%
1977 60.9 +0.7 +1.09%
1976 60.2 +0.7 +1.14%
1975 59.5 +0.6 +1.05%
1974 58.9 +0.6 +1.08%
1973 58.3 +0.6 +1.07%
1972 57.7 +0.6 +1.06%
1971 57.1 +0.6 +1.09%
1970 56.4 +0.5 +0.97%
1969 55.9 +0.5 +0.96%
1968 55.4 +0.5 +0.94%
1967 54.9 +0.5 +0.92%
1966 54.4 +0.5 +0.94%
1965 53.9 +0.5 +0.93%
1964 53.4 +0.5 +0.97%
1963 52.8 +0.5 +1.02%
1962 52.3 +0.5 +1.03%
1961 51.8 +0.6 +1.1%
1960 51.2

Southern Africa, 2024

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About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.