Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Senegal

Life expectancy at birth in Senegal in 2024 — 68.9 years. Ranked 161 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 73.8%.

2024 68.9 years +0.35% vs 2023
World rank 161of 217
Period maximum 68.9 years2024
Period minimum 39.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Senegal, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39.7 years1962: 39.7 years1964: 39.8 years1966: 39.8 years1968: 40.2 years1970: 40.8 years1972: 41.8 years1974: 43.1 years1976: 44.8 years1978: 46.6 years1980: 48.3 years1982: 49.9 years1984: 51.7 years1986: 53.7 years1988: 55.5 years1990: 56.7 years1992: 57.3 years1994: 57.5 years1996: 57.1 years1998: 57.1 years2000: 57.6 years2002: 58.9 years2004: 60.3 years2006: 61.8 years2008: 63.2 years2010: 64.2 years2012: 65.2 years2014: 66 years2016: 66.7 years2018: 67.4 years2020: 67.5 years2022: 67.8 years2024: 68.9 years
Change over the period: +29.3 (+73.75%) Average annual rate: 0.87 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Senegal 68.9 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Western Africa computed 58.7 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 68.9 +0.2 +0.35%
2023 68.7 +0.9 +1.32%
2022 67.8 +0.9 +1.38%
2021 66.9 −0.6 −0.93%
2020 67.5 −0.2 −0.25%
2019 67.7 +0.3 +0.43%
2018 67.4 +0.3 +0.48%
2017 67.1 +0.3 +0.5%
2016 66.7 +0.3 +0.41%
2015 66.5 +0.4 +0.68%
2014 66 +0.4 +0.55%
2013 65.6 +0.4 +0.63%
2012 65.2 +0.4 +0.66%
2011 64.8 +0.6 +0.9%
2010 64.2 +0.5 +0.74%
2009 63.8 +0.5 +0.87%
2008 63.2 +0.5 +0.87%
2007 62.7 +0.9 +1.38%
2006 61.8 +0.8 +1.35%
2005 61 +0.7 +1.11%
2004 60.3 +0.8 +1.4%
2003 59.5 +0.6 +0.95%
2002 58.9 +0.8 +1.3%
2001 58.2 +0.5 +0.94%
2000 57.6 +0.3 +0.52%
1999 57.3 +0.2 +0.42%
1998 57.1 −0 −0.05%
1997 57.1 −0 −0.04%
1996 57.1 −0.2 −0.36%
1995 57.3 −0.1 −0.25%
1994 57.5 +0.1 +0.23%
1993 57.3 +0.1 +0.11%
1992 57.3 +0.3 +0.44%
1991 57 +0.4 +0.64%
1990 56.7 +0.5 +0.83%
1989 56.2 +0.7 +1.19%
1988 55.5 +0.9 +1.67%
1987 54.6 +0.9 +1.7%
1986 53.7 +1.1 +2.15%
1985 52.6 +0.9 +1.73%
1984 51.7 +0.9 +1.74%
1983 50.8 +0.9 +1.9%
1982 49.9 +0.8 +1.59%
1981 49.1 +0.8 +1.63%
1980 48.3 +0.8 +1.72%
1979 47.5 +0.9 +1.89%
1978 46.6 +0.9 +1.93%
1977 45.7 +0.9 +2.02%
1976 44.8 +0.9 +1.98%
1975 43.9 +0.8 +1.93%
1974 43.1 +0.7 +1.59%
1973 42.4 +0.7 +1.58%
1972 41.8 +0.5 +1.28%
1971 41.2 +0.5 +1.11%
1970 40.8 +0.4 +0.97%
1969 40.4 +0.2 +0.62%
1968 40.2 +0.2 +0.4%
1967 40 +0.1 +0.36%
1966 39.8 +0.1 +0.22%
1965 39.8 +0 +0.02%
1964 39.8 +0 +0.03%
1963 39.7 +0 +0.02%
1962 39.7 +0 +0.06%
1961 39.7 +0 +0.12%
1960 39.7

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.