Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Liberia

Life expectancy at birth in Liberia in 2024 — 62.3 years. Ranked 202 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 63.7%.

2024 62.3 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank 202of 217
Period maximum 62.3 years2024
Period minimum 37.6 years1990

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Liberia, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 38.1 years1962: 38.2 years1964: 38.5 years1966: 39 years1968: 39.6 years1970: 40.4 years1972: 41.2 years1974: 42.1 years1976: 42.9 years1978: 43.6 years1980: 44.1 years1982: 44.4 years1984: 44.7 years1986: 44.5 years1988: 44.1 years1990: 37.6 years1992: 43.6 years1994: 42.6 years1996: 44.9 years1998: 49.4 years2000: 51.9 years2002: 54.1 years2004: 55.9 years2006: 57.5 years2008: 58.7 years2010: 59.4 years2012: 59.8 years2014: 59.2 years2016: 60.5 years2018: 61 years2020: 61.3 years2022: 61.9 years2024: 62.3 years
Change over the period: +24.3 (+63.7%) Average annual rate: 0.77 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Liberia 62.3 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Western Africa computed 58.7 years
Low-income countries computed 65.2 years
Life expectancy at birth — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 62.3 +0.2 +0.26%
2023 62.2 +0.2 +0.37%
2022 61.9 +0.8 +1.26%
2021 61.2 −0.1 −0.16%
2020 61.3 +0 +0.06%
2019 61.2 +0.2 +0.38%
2018 61 +0.2 +0.37%
2017 60.8 +0.3 +0.49%
2016 60.5 +1.2 +2.08%
2015 59.2 +0 +0.06%
2014 59.2 −0.8 −1.3%
2013 60 +0.2 +0.35%
2012 59.8 +0.3 +0.5%
2011 59.5 +0.1 +0.22%
2010 59.4 +0.3 +0.43%
2009 59.1 +0.4 +0.73%
2008 58.7 +0.5 +0.91%
2007 58.1 +0.7 +1.13%
2006 57.5 +0.7 +1.29%
2005 56.8 +0.8 +1.46%
2004 55.9 +2.9 +5.47%
2003 53 −1 −1.88%
2002 54.1 +1 +1.79%
2001 53.1 +1.3 +2.42%
2000 51.9 +1.4 +2.86%
1999 50.4 +1 +2.12%
1998 49.4 +1.1 +2.2%
1997 48.3 +3.4 +7.47%
1996 44.9 +0.4 +0.83%
1995 44.6 +2 +4.58%
1994 42.6 −0.4 −0.93%
1993 43 −0.5 −1.25%
1992 43.6 −0 −0.02%
1991 43.6 +5.9 +15.76%
1990 37.6 −6.2 −14.18%
1989 43.9 −0.2 −0.46%
1988 44.1 −0.2 −0.46%
1987 44.3 −0.2 −0.51%
1986 44.5 +0.5 +1.06%
1985 44 −0.7 −1.47%
1984 44.7 +0.1 +0.24%
1983 44.6 +0.1 +0.29%
1982 44.4 +0.1 +0.23%
1981 44.3 +0.3 +0.58%
1980 44.1 +0.2 +0.45%
1979 43.9 +0.3 +0.74%
1978 43.6 +0.3 +0.8%
1977 43.2 +0.4 +0.86%
1976 42.9 +0.4 +0.91%
1975 42.5 +0.4 +0.95%
1974 42.1 +0.4 +1.07%
1973 41.6 +0.4 +1.02%
1972 41.2 +0.5 +1.18%
1971 40.7 +0.4 +0.89%
1970 40.4 +0.4 +0.92%
1969 40 +0.4 +1.02%
1968 39.6 +0.3 +0.83%
1967 39.3 +0.3 +0.79%
1966 39 +0.3 +0.68%
1965 38.7 +0.2 +0.63%
1964 38.5 +0.1 +0.37%
1963 38.3 +0.1 +0.37%
1962 38.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1961 38.1 +0 +0.08%
1960 38.1

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.