Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Seychelles

Life expectancy at birth in the Seychelles in 2024 — 76.3 years. Ranked 97 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 26%.

2024 76.3 years +1.16% vs 2023
World rank 97of 217
Period maximum 77.2 years2020
Period minimum 60.5 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Seychelles, 1960–2024606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 60.5 years1962: 60.7 years1964: 61.2 years1966: 61.7 years1968: 62.7 years1970: 64 years1972: 65.4 years1974: 66.5 years1976: 67.3 years1978: 68 years1980: 69.6 years1982: 69.3 years1984: 69.6 years1986: 68.7 years1988: 68.7 years1990: 68.1 years1992: 71.2 years1994: 70.7 years1996: 71.6 years1998: 71.7 years2000: 72.8 years2002: 71.1 years2004: 72.7 years2006: 72.2 years2008: 73.2 years2010: 73.2 years2012: 74.3 years2014: 73.2 years2016: 74.3 years2018: 72.8 years2020: 77.2 years2022: 74.5 years2024: 76.3 years
Change over the period: +15.8 (+26.04%) Average annual rate: 0.36 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Seychelles 76.3 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Eastern Africa computed 65.9 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.3 +0.9 +1.16%
2023 75.4 +0.9 +1.22%
2022 74.5 +1.1 +1.52%
2021 73.4 −3.8 −4.97%
2020 77.2 +3.2 +4.31%
2019 74 +1.2 +1.65%
2018 72.8 −1.5 −1.96%
2017 74.3 −0 −0.01%
2016 74.3 +0 +0.02%
2015 74.3 +1.1 +1.46%
2014 73.2 +0.1 +0.15%
2013 73.1 −1.2 −1.56%
2012 74.3 +1.6 +2.13%
2011 72.7 −0.5 −0.65%
2010 73.2 +0.1 +0.16%
2009 73.1 −0.1 −0.11%
2008 73.2 +0 +0.03%
2007 73.1 +0.9 +1.28%
2006 72.2 +0.1 +0.12%
2005 72.1 −0.5 −0.73%
2004 72.7 +1.6 +2.3%
2003 71 −0.1 −0.08%
2002 71.1 −2.2 −2.96%
2001 73.3 +0.5 +0.65%
2000 72.8 +0.1 +0.15%
1999 72.7 +0.9 +1.29%
1998 71.7 +0.5 +0.75%
1997 71.2 −0.3 −0.49%
1996 71.6 −0.9 −1.27%
1995 72.5 +1.8 +2.48%
1994 70.7 +1.3 +1.82%
1993 69.5 −1.7 −2.45%
1992 71.2 +0.5 +0.71%
1991 70.7 +2.6 +3.82%
1990 68.1 +0.1 +0.2%
1989 68 −0.7 −1.07%
1988 68.7 +0.5 +0.68%
1987 68.2 −0.4 −0.61%
1986 68.7 −1 −1.49%
1985 69.7 +0.1 +0.21%
1984 69.6 −0.8 −1.18%
1983 70.4 +1.1 +1.53%
1982 69.3 −0.9 −1.23%
1981 70.2 +0.6 +0.85%
1980 69.6 +1.3 +1.83%
1979 68.3 +0.3 +0.46%
1978 68 +0.4 +0.53%
1977 67.7 +0.4 +0.56%
1976 67.3 +0.4 +0.57%
1975 66.9 +0.4 +0.65%
1974 66.5 +0.5 +0.78%
1973 66 +0.6 +0.91%
1972 65.4 +0.7 +1.1%
1971 64.7 +0.7 +1.04%
1970 64 +0.7 +1.12%
1969 63.3 +0.6 +0.98%
1968 62.7 +0.6 +0.91%
1967 62.1 +0.4 +0.61%
1966 61.7 +0.2 +0.38%
1965 61.5 +0.3 +0.49%
1964 61.2 +0.3 +0.43%
1963 60.9 +0.2 +0.41%
1962 60.7 +0.1 +0.14%
1961 60.6 +0.1 +0.12%
1960 60.5

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.