Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Mauritius

Life expectancy at birth in Mauritius in 2024 — 73.8 years. Ranked 117 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 26.2%.

2024 73.8 years +0.51% vs 2023
World rank 117of 217
Period maximum 74.5 years2017
Period minimum 58.5 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Mauritius, 1960–2024556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 58.5 years1962: 60.4 years1964: 61.5 years1966: 62.1 years1968: 62.1 years1970: 63.7 years1972: 63.9 years1974: 64.4 years1976: 64.4 years1978: 65.6 years1980: 66.8 years1982: 68.1 years1984: 68.8 years1986: 69 years1988: 69.6 years1990: 69.4 years1992: 70.1 years1994: 70.2 years1996: 70.3 years1998: 70.6 years2000: 71.7 years2002: 72 years2004: 72.3 years2006: 72.4 years2008: 72.6 years2010: 73 years2012: 73.9 years2014: 74.2 years2016: 74.4 years2018: 74.4 years2020: 74.2 years2022: 73.5 years2024: 73.8 years
Change over the period: +15.3 (+26.22%) Average annual rate: 0.36 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 73.8 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Eastern Africa computed 65.9 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 73.8 +0.4 +0.51%
2023 73.4 −0.1 −0.14%
2022 73.5 −0.2 −0.22%
2021 73.7 −0.5 −0.67%
2020 74.2 −0.1 −0.08%
2019 74.2 −0.2 −0.24%
2018 74.4 −0.1 −0.13%
2017 74.5 +0.1 +0.16%
2016 74.4 +0 +0.06%
2015 74.4 +0.2 +0.21%
2014 74.2 +0.2 +0.24%
2013 74 +0.2 +0.21%
2012 73.9 +0.6 +0.81%
2011 73.3 +0.3 +0.41%
2010 73 +0.1 +0.12%
2009 72.9 +0.3 +0.43%
2008 72.6 +0 +0%
2007 72.6 +0.1 +0.19%
2006 72.4 +0 +0%
2005 72.4 +0.2 +0.23%
2004 72.3 +0.1 +0.21%
2003 72.1 +0.2 +0.21%
2002 72 +0.2 +0.28%
2001 71.8 +0.1 +0.14%
2000 71.7 +0.7 +0.99%
1999 71 +0.4 +0.5%
1998 70.6 +0.2 +0.29%
1997 70.4 +0.1 +0.12%
1996 70.3 −0 −0%
1995 70.3 +0.2 +0.24%
1994 70.2 +0.1 +0.07%
1993 70.1 +0 +0.07%
1992 70.1 +0.1 +0.15%
1991 70 +0.6 +0.79%
1990 69.4 −0.3 −0.39%
1989 69.7 +0.1 +0.17%
1988 69.6 +0.3 +0.39%
1987 69.3 +0.3 +0.42%
1986 69 +0.1 +0.21%
1985 68.9 +0.1 +0.12%
1984 68.8 +0.2 +0.34%
1983 68.5 +0.5 +0.68%
1982 68.1 +0.7 +1%
1981 67.4 +0.6 +0.95%
1980 66.8 +0.4 +0.68%
1979 66.3 +0.7 +1.11%
1978 65.6 +0.5 +0.71%
1977 65.1 +0.7 +1.16%
1976 64.4 −0.2 −0.36%
1975 64.6 +0.2 +0.32%
1974 64.4 +0.1 +0.18%
1973 64.3 +0.4 +0.66%
1972 63.9 −0 −0.04%
1971 63.9 +0.2 +0.26%
1970 63.7 +1 +1.64%
1969 62.7 +0.6 +0.97%
1968 62.1 +0.4 +0.57%
1967 61.7 −0.4 −0.62%
1966 62.1 +0.1 +0.08%
1965 62.1 +0.6 +0.93%
1964 61.5 +0.4 +0.61%
1963 61.1 +0.7 +1.13%
1962 60.4 +0.9 +1.47%
1961 59.6 +1.1 +1.89%
1960 58.5

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.