Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Burundi

Life expectancy at birth in Burundi in 2024 — 63.8 years. Ranked 198 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 47.5%.

2024 63.8 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank 198of 217
Period maximum 63.8 years2024
Period minimum 25.8 years1972

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Burundi, 1960–202420304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.3 years1962: 43.5 years1964: 43.6 years1966: 43.5 years1968: 43.4 years1970: 43.2 years1972: 25.8 years1974: 43.3 years1976: 43.7 years1978: 44.4 years1980: 45.7 years1982: 47 years1984: 47.7 years1986: 47.4 years1988: 42.9 years1990: 45.2 years1992: 44.5 years1994: 44.5 years1996: 44.8 years1998: 46.7 years2000: 47.6 years2002: 49.9 years2004: 52.2 years2006: 54 years2008: 55.6 years2010: 57.1 years2012: 58.5 years2014: 59.8 years2016: 60.8 years2018: 61.8 years2020: 62.6 years2022: 62.9 years2024: 63.8 years
Change over the period: +20.6 (+47.52%) Average annual rate: 0.61 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Burundi 63.8 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Eastern Africa computed 65.9 years
Low-income countries computed 65.2 years
Life expectancy at birth — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.8 +0.2 +0.26%
2023 63.7 +0.8 +1.22%
2022 62.9 +0.8 +1.26%
2021 62.1 −0.5 −0.75%
2020 62.6 +0.4 +0.63%
2019 62.2 +0.4 +0.61%
2018 61.8 +0.5 +0.75%
2017 61.3 +0.6 +0.91%
2016 60.8 +0.7 +1.13%
2015 60.1 +0.3 +0.57%
2014 59.8 +0.6 +0.99%
2013 59.2 +0.7 +1.16%
2012 58.5 +0.7 +1.21%
2011 57.8 +0.7 +1.25%
2010 57.1 +0.7 +1.18%
2009 56.4 +0.8 +1.51%
2008 55.6 +0.7 +1.37%
2007 54.8 +0.9 +1.61%
2006 54 +0.9 +1.71%
2005 53.1 +0.8 +1.6%
2004 52.2 +1.2 +2.39%
2003 51 +1.1 +2.15%
2002 49.9 +1.4 +2.92%
2001 48.5 +0.9 +1.87%
2000 47.6 −0 −0.02%
1999 47.6 +0.9 +2.03%
1998 46.7 +1 +2.09%
1997 45.7 +0.9 +2.04%
1996 44.8 +0.2 +0.49%
1995 44.6 +0.1 +0.17%
1994 44.5 +7.3 +19.6%
1993 37.2 −7.2 −16.3%
1992 44.5 −0.2 −0.43%
1991 44.7 −0.5 −1.16%
1990 45.2 −0.6 −1.23%
1989 45.7 +2.9 +6.66%
1988 42.9 −4.2 −8.87%
1987 47.1 −0.3 −0.71%
1986 47.4 −0.3 −0.55%
1985 47.7 −0 −0.05%
1984 47.7 +0.3 +0.54%
1983 47.4 +0.4 +0.9%
1982 47 +0.6 +1.29%
1981 46.4 +0.7 +1.49%
1980 45.7 +0.7 +1.54%
1979 45 +0.6 +1.43%
1978 44.4 +0.4 +0.99%
1977 44 +0.3 +0.64%
1976 43.7 +0.2 +0.57%
1975 43.4 +0.1 +0.25%
1974 43.3 +5.9 +15.85%
1973 37.4 +11.6 +45.13%
1972 25.8 −17.4 −40.29%
1971 43.2 −0.1 −0.12%
1970 43.2 +0.2 +0.52%
1969 43 −0.4 −0.93%
1968 43.4 +0.1 +0.17%
1967 43.3 −0.2 −0.45%
1966 43.5 +1.7 +4.03%
1965 41.8 −1.8 −4.03%
1964 43.6 +0 +0.1%
1963 43.6 +0.1 +0.15%
1962 43.5 +0.1 +0.3%
1961 43.4 +0.1 +0.24%
1960 43.3

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.