Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Gabon

Life expectancy at birth in Gabon in 2024 — 68.5 years. Ranked 165 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 47.5%.

2024 68.5 years +0.25% vs 2023
World rank 165of 217
Period maximum 68.5 years2024
Period minimum 46.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Gabon, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.4 years1962: 47.8 years1964: 49 years1966: 50.3 years1968: 51.5 years1970: 52.7 years1972: 53.8 years1974: 54.9 years1976: 56 years1978: 57 years1980: 57.9 years1982: 58.6 years1984: 59.3 years1986: 60 years1988: 60.4 years1990: 60.7 years1992: 61 years1994: 61.2 years1996: 61.3 years1998: 61.5 years2000: 61.8 years2002: 62.2 years2004: 62.7 years2006: 63.3 years2008: 64 years2010: 64.7 years2012: 65.4 years2014: 66.1 years2016: 66.6 years2018: 67 years2020: 67.1 years2022: 67.7 years2024: 68.5 years
Change over the period: +22.1 (+47.52%) Average annual rate: 0.61 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 68.5 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Middle Africa computed 62.3 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 68.5 +0.2 +0.25%
2023 68.3 +0.6 +0.92%
2022 67.7 +0.6 +0.96%
2021 67.1 −0 −0%
2020 67.1 −0.3 −0.39%
2019 67.3 +0.3 +0.44%
2018 67 +0.2 +0.34%
2017 66.8 +0.2 +0.35%
2016 66.6 +0.2 +0.37%
2015 66.3 +0.3 +0.4%
2014 66.1 +0.3 +0.49%
2013 65.8 +0.3 +0.48%
2012 65.4 +0.3 +0.52%
2011 65.1 +0.4 +0.6%
2010 64.7 +0.4 +0.55%
2009 64.4 +0.4 +0.55%
2008 64 +0.4 +0.62%
2007 63.6 +0.4 +0.57%
2006 63.3 +0.3 +0.45%
2005 63 +0.3 +0.45%
2004 62.7 +0.2 +0.37%
2003 62.5 +0.3 +0.46%
2002 62.2 +0.2 +0.31%
2001 62 +0.2 +0.28%
2000 61.8 +0.2 +0.25%
1999 61.7 +0.2 +0.25%
1998 61.5 +0.1 +0.18%
1997 61.4 +0.1 +0.21%
1996 61.3 −0 −0.01%
1995 61.3 +0.1 +0.14%
1994 61.2 +0.1 +0.09%
1993 61.1 +0.1 +0.18%
1992 61 +0.1 +0.2%
1991 60.9 +0.2 +0.26%
1990 60.7 +0.2 +0.25%
1989 60.6 +0.2 +0.31%
1988 60.4 +0.2 +0.33%
1987 60.2 +0.2 +0.41%
1986 60 +0.3 +0.49%
1985 59.7 +0.3 +0.55%
1984 59.3 +0.3 +0.59%
1983 59 +0.4 +0.6%
1982 58.6 +0.3 +0.53%
1981 58.3 +0.4 +0.76%
1980 57.9 +0.5 +0.79%
1979 57.4 +0.5 +0.85%
1978 57 +0.5 +0.86%
1977 56.5 +0.5 +0.89%
1976 56 +0.5 +0.93%
1975 55.5 +0.5 +0.99%
1974 54.9 +0.6 +1.03%
1973 54.4 +0.5 +1.01%
1972 53.8 +0.6 +1.04%
1971 53.3 +0.6 +1.07%
1970 52.7 +0.6 +1.09%
1969 52.1 +0.6 +1.13%
1968 51.5 +0.6 +1.21%
1967 50.9 +0.6 +1.2%
1966 50.3 +0.6 +1.23%
1965 49.7 +0.7 +1.46%
1964 49 +0.6 +1.18%
1963 48.4 +0.6 +1.36%
1962 47.8 +0.7 +1.41%
1961 47.1 +0.7 +1.45%
1960 46.4

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.