Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Kenya

Life expectancy at birth in Kenya in 2024 — 63.8 years. Ranked 197 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.7%.

2024 63.8 years +0.3% vs 2023
World rank 197of 217
Period maximum 63.8 years2024
Period minimum 48.5 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Kenya, 1960–2024455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.5 years1962: 50.1 years1964: 51.3 years1966: 52.4 years1968: 53.3 years1970: 54.1 years1972: 55 years1974: 56 years1976: 57.2 years1978: 58.2 years1980: 59.2 years1982: 59.9 years1984: 60.6 years1986: 60.8 years1988: 60.3 years1990: 58.3 years1992: 57.1 years1994: 56.1 years1996: 55.6 years1998: 55.6 years2000: 56.1 years2002: 56.8 years2004: 57.9 years2006: 59.1 years2008: 60 years2010: 60.9 years2012: 61.5 years2014: 62 years2016: 62.5 years2018: 62.8 years2020: 61.6 years2022: 63.5 years2024: 63.8 years
Change over the period: +15.4 (+31.68%) Average annual rate: 0.43 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 63.8 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Eastern Africa computed 65.9 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.8 +0.2 +0.3%
2023 63.6 +0.1 +0.15%
2022 63.5 +2.3 +3.8%
2021 61.2 −0.4 −0.6%
2020 61.6 −1.3 −2.13%
2019 62.9 +0.1 +0.18%
2018 62.8 +0.1 +0.16%
2017 62.7 +0.2 +0.32%
2016 62.5 +0.2 +0.4%
2015 62.3 +0.3 +0.47%
2014 62 +0.3 +0.42%
2013 61.7 +0.2 +0.31%
2012 61.5 +0.3 +0.41%
2011 61.3 +0.4 +0.6%
2010 60.9 +0.4 +0.71%
2009 60.5 +0.5 +0.88%
2008 60 +0.5 +0.92%
2007 59.4 +0.3 +0.59%
2006 59.1 +0.5 +0.94%
2005 58.5 +0.6 +0.97%
2004 57.9 +0.6 +1.01%
2003 57.4 +0.6 +1.07%
2002 56.8 +0.3 +0.46%
2001 56.5 +0.4 +0.74%
2000 56.1 +0.2 +0.39%
1999 55.9 +0.3 +0.54%
1998 55.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1997 55.5 −0.1 −0.17%
1996 55.6 −0.3 −0.5%
1995 55.9 −0.2 −0.44%
1994 56.1 −0.6 −1%
1993 56.7 −0.4 −0.75%
1992 57.1 −0.7 −1.26%
1991 57.8 −0.5 −0.87%
1990 58.3 −1.7 −2.76%
1989 60 −0.3 −0.55%
1988 60.3 −0.4 −0.66%
1987 60.7 −0.1 −0.16%
1986 60.8 −0 −0.06%
1985 60.9 +0.2 +0.4%
1984 60.6 +0.3 +0.45%
1983 60.3 +0.4 +0.73%
1982 59.9 +0.3 +0.57%
1981 59.6 +0.4 +0.65%
1980 59.2 +0.5 +0.82%
1979 58.7 +0.5 +0.78%
1978 58.2 +0.6 +0.95%
1977 57.7 +0.5 +0.93%
1976 57.2 +0.5 +0.94%
1975 56.6 +0.6 +1.04%
1974 56 +0.5 +0.97%
1973 55.5 +0.5 +0.89%
1972 55 +0.5 +0.86%
1971 54.5 +0.4 +0.74%
1970 54.1 +0.4 +0.76%
1969 53.7 +0.4 +0.81%
1968 53.3 +0.5 +0.96%
1967 52.8 +0.4 +0.79%
1966 52.4 +0.5 +0.96%
1965 51.9 +0.6 +1.1%
1964 51.3 +0.6 +1.11%
1963 50.8 +0.7 +1.31%
1962 50.1 +0.8 +1.57%
1961 49.3 +0.9 +1.76%
1960 48.5

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.