Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Mozambique

Life expectancy at birth in Mozambique in 2024 — 63.8 years. Ranked 199 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 54.9%.

2024 63.8 years +0.29% vs 2023
World rank 199of 217
Period maximum 63.8 years2024
Period minimum 38.9 years1984

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Mozambique, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41.2 years1962: 41.8 years1964: 41.7 years1966: 41.8 years1968: 42.1 years1970: 42.5 years1972: 42.5 years1974: 43.2 years1976: 43.9 years1978: 44 years1980: 44 years1982: 41.7 years1984: 38.9 years1986: 41 years1988: 43.7 years1990: 44.3 years1992: 45.1 years1994: 46.1 years1996: 47.1 years1998: 48.2 years2000: 49.5 years2002: 50.9 years2004: 51.9 years2006: 52.7 years2008: 53.8 years2010: 55 years2012: 56.5 years2014: 58 years2016: 59.5 years2018: 60.8 years2020: 61.4 years2022: 63 years2024: 63.8 years
Change over the period: +22.6 (+54.86%) Average annual rate: 0.69 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mozambique 63.8 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 — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.8 +0.2 +0.29%
2023 63.6 +0.6 +0.95%
2022 63 +2.7 +4.55%
2021 60.3 −1.1 −1.83%
2020 61.4 +0.1 +0.14%
2019 61.3 +0.5 +0.85%
2018 60.8 +0.6 +1.07%
2017 60.1 +0.7 +1.17%
2016 59.5 +0.7 +1.27%
2015 58.7 +0.7 +1.29%
2014 58 +0.8 +1.36%
2013 57.2 +0.7 +1.29%
2012 56.5 +0.7 +1.3%
2011 55.7 +0.7 +1.26%
2010 55 +0.6 +1.18%
2009 54.4 +0.6 +1.12%
2008 53.8 +0.5 +1.02%
2007 53.3 +0.5 +0.96%
2006 52.7 +0.4 +0.81%
2005 52.3 +0.5 +0.9%
2004 51.9 +0.5 +0.92%
2003 51.4 +0.5 +0.99%
2002 50.9 +0.6 +1.23%
2001 50.3 +0.8 +1.58%
2000 49.5 +0.6 +1.31%
1999 48.8 +0.6 +1.3%
1998 48.2 +0.4 +0.86%
1997 47.8 +0.7 +1.44%
1996 47.1 +0.6 +1.24%
1995 46.5 +0.5 +1%
1994 46.1 +0.4 +0.9%
1993 45.7 +0.6 +1.29%
1992 45.1 +0.4 +0.87%
1991 44.7 +0.4 +0.83%
1990 44.3 +0.4 +1.02%
1989 43.9 +0.2 +0.45%
1988 43.7 +2.7 +6.56%
1987 41 +0.1 +0.12%
1986 41 +2 +5.05%
1985 39 +0.1 +0.22%
1984 38.9 −2.7 −6.49%
1983 41.6 −0.1 −0.19%
1982 41.7 +0 +0.08%
1981 41.6 −2.3 −5.33%
1980 44 +0.1 +0.17%
1979 43.9 −0 −0.11%
1978 44 +0 +0.09%
1977 43.9 +0 +0%
1976 43.9 +0.1 +0.23%
1975 43.8 +0.6 +1.41%
1974 43.2 +0.5 +1.14%
1973 42.7 +0.2 +0.47%
1972 42.5 −0.1 −0.14%
1971 42.6 +0.1 +0.29%
1970 42.5 +0.2 +0.45%
1969 42.3 +0.2 +0.4%
1968 42.1 +0.1 +0.35%
1967 42 +0.1 +0.28%
1966 41.8 +0 +0.1%
1965 41.8 +0.1 +0.33%
1964 41.7 −0.3 −0.72%
1963 42 +0.2 +0.47%
1962 41.8 +0.3 +0.63%
1961 41.5 +0.3 +0.74%
1960 41.2

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.