Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Eswatini

Life expectancy at birth in Eswatini in 2024 — 64.3 years. Ranked 192 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 38.5%.

2024 64.3 years +0.22% vs 2023
World rank 192of 217
Period maximum 64.3 years2024
Period minimum 43.9 years2004

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Eswatini, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.4 years1962: 47.1 years1964: 47.9 years1966: 49 years1968: 50.1 years1970: 51.2 years1972: 52.4 years1974: 53.7 years1976: 55.2 years1978: 56.8 years1980: 58.2 years1982: 59.5 years1984: 60.4 years1986: 61.6 years1988: 61.9 years1990: 61.2 years1992: 59.3 years1994: 56.6 years1996: 53.3 years1998: 50.1 years2000: 47.6 years2002: 45.4 years2004: 43.9 years2006: 44.6 years2008: 45.9 years2010: 48.3 years2012: 50.7 years2014: 53.5 years2016: 56.2 years2018: 58.7 years2020: 59.9 years2022: 63 years2024: 64.3 years
Change over the period: +17.9 (+38.53%) Average annual rate: 0.51 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eswatini 64.3 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Southern Africa computed 66.2 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 64.3 +0.1 +0.22%
2023 64.1 +1.1 +1.74%
2022 63 +4.8 +8.24%
2021 58.2 −1.6 −2.73%
2020 59.9 +0 +0.02%
2019 59.9 +1.1 +1.95%
2018 58.7 +1.1 +1.97%
2017 57.6 +1.3 +2.39%
2016 56.2 +1.3 +2.34%
2015 54.9 +1.5 +2.71%
2014 53.5 +1.4 +2.65%
2013 52.1 +1.4 +2.75%
2012 50.7 +1.7 +3.38%
2011 49.1 +0.7 +1.5%
2010 48.3 +1.4 +3.02%
2009 46.9 +1.1 +2.31%
2008 45.9 +0.7 +1.53%
2007 45.2 +0.6 +1.34%
2006 44.6 +0.6 +1.38%
2005 44 +0.1 +0.12%
2004 43.9 −0.7 −1.63%
2003 44.6 −0.7 −1.65%
2002 45.4 −1 −2.08%
2001 46.3 −1.3 −2.69%
2000 47.6 −1.2 −2.42%
1999 48.8 −1.3 −2.51%
1998 50.1 −1.6 −3.16%
1997 51.7 −1.6 −3%
1996 53.3 −1.8 −3.24%
1995 55.1 −1.6 −2.76%
1994 56.6 −1.4 −2.49%
1993 58.1 −1.2 −2.01%
1992 59.3 −1.1 −1.83%
1991 60.4 −0.8 −1.27%
1990 61.2 −0.5 −0.81%
1989 61.7 −0.3 −0.43%
1988 61.9 +0 +0.06%
1987 61.9 +0.3 +0.49%
1986 61.6 +0.4 +0.71%
1985 61.2 +0.7 +1.2%
1984 60.4 +2 +3.46%
1983 58.4 −1 −1.76%
1982 59.5 +0.7 +1.15%
1981 58.8 +0.6 +0.96%
1980 58.2 +0.7 +1.2%
1979 57.5 +0.8 +1.32%
1978 56.8 +0.8 +1.45%
1977 56 +0.8 +1.45%
1976 55.2 +0.8 +1.42%
1975 54.4 +0.7 +1.38%
1974 53.7 +0.7 +1.26%
1973 53 +0.6 +1.22%
1972 52.4 +0.6 +1.11%
1971 51.8 +0.6 +1.12%
1970 51.2 +0.6 +1.12%
1969 50.6 +0.6 +1.11%
1968 50.1 +0.6 +1.13%
1967 49.5 +0.5 +1.09%
1966 49 +0.6 +1.15%
1965 48.4 +0.5 +1.06%
1964 47.9 +0.5 +0.95%
1963 47.5 +0.3 +0.69%
1962 47.1 +0.4 +0.84%
1961 46.8 +0.4 +0.78%
1960 46.4

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.