Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Ethiopia

Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia in 2024 — 67.6 years. Ranked 170 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 70.7%.

2024 67.6 years +0.43% vs 2023
World rank 170of 217
Period maximum 67.6 years2024
Period minimum 36.3 years1983

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Ethiopia, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39.6 years1962: 40.5 years1964: 41.3 years1966: 39.3 years1968: 42.1 years1970: 42.1 years1972: 41 years1974: 39.1 years1976: 41.3 years1978: 41.5 years1980: 42.8 years1982: 43.4 years1984: 36.7 years1986: 38.4 years1988: 45.7 years1990: 45.1 years1992: 47.3 years1994: 47.9 years1996: 48.7 years1998: 49.8 years2000: 50.9 years2002: 52.1 years2004: 53.7 years2006: 55.4 years2008: 57.7 years2010: 59.7 years2012: 61.4 years2014: 62.9 years2016: 64.2 years2018: 65.3 years2020: 66 years2022: 66.9 years2024: 67.6 years
Change over the period: +28 (+70.65%) Average annual rate: 0.84 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ethiopia 67.6 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 — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 67.6 +0.3 +0.43%
2023 67.3 +0.4 +0.62%
2022 66.9 +1.6 +2.4%
2021 65.3 −0.6 −0.97%
2020 66 +0.2 +0.35%
2019 65.7 +0.5 +0.74%
2018 65.3 +0.5 +0.76%
2017 64.8 +0.6 +0.94%
2016 64.2 +0.6 +0.9%
2015 63.6 +0.7 +1.06%
2014 62.9 +0.8 +1.23%
2013 62.2 +0.7 +1.17%
2012 61.4 +0.8 +1.4%
2011 60.6 +0.9 +1.48%
2010 59.7 +1 +1.69%
2009 58.7 +1 +1.7%
2008 57.7 +1.2 +2.06%
2007 56.6 +1.2 +2.1%
2006 55.4 +1 +1.91%
2005 54.4 +0.6 +1.17%
2004 53.7 +0.9 +1.62%
2003 52.9 +0.8 +1.52%
2002 52.1 +0.7 +1.28%
2001 51.4 +0.5 +1.08%
2000 50.9 +1.4 +2.82%
1999 49.5 −0.3 −0.6%
1998 49.8 +0.6 +1.17%
1997 49.2 +0.5 +1.05%
1996 48.7 +0.5 +1.12%
1995 48.2 +0.2 +0.48%
1994 47.9 +0.3 +0.52%
1993 47.7 +0.4 +0.84%
1992 47.3 +0.6 +1.33%
1991 46.7 +1.5 +3.41%
1990 45.1 −0.5 −1.15%
1989 45.6 −0 −0.08%
1988 45.7 −0.2 −0.46%
1987 45.9 +7.5 +19.6%
1986 38.4 +0.6 +1.65%
1985 37.7 +1 +2.75%
1984 36.7 +0.4 +1.15%
1983 36.3 −7.1 −16.38%
1982 43.4 +0.3 +0.81%
1981 43.1 +0.3 +0.63%
1980 42.8 +0.4 +1.04%
1979 42.4 +0.9 +2.1%
1978 41.5 +0.1 +0.26%
1977 41.4 +0.1 +0.19%
1976 41.3 +2.4 +6.11%
1975 38.9 −0.1 −0.36%
1974 39.1 −2 −4.91%
1973 41.1 +0.1 +0.17%
1972 41 −1.2 −2.8%
1971 42.2 +0.1 +0.24%
1970 42.1 −0 −0.04%
1969 42.1 +0 +0.09%
1968 42.1 +0.2 +0.36%
1967 41.9 +2.6 +6.6%
1966 39.3 −2.1 −5%
1965 41.4 +0.2 +0.37%
1964 41.3 +0.3 +0.72%
1963 41 +0.4 +1.08%
1962 40.5 +0.3 +0.83%
1961 40.2 +0.6 +1.47%
1960 39.6

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.