Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Uganda

Life expectancy at birth in Uganda in 2024 — 68.5 years. Ranked 166 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 50.1%.

2024 68.5 years +0.34% vs 2023
World rank 166of 217
Period maximum 68.5 years2024
Period minimum 43.3 years1982

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Uganda, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 45.6 years1962: 46.8 years1964: 47.8 years1966: 48.5 years1968: 49.3 years1970: 49.6 years1972: 47.2 years1974: 46.9 years1976: 46.2 years1978: 45.6 years1980: 43.5 years1982: 43.3 years1984: 43.7 years1986: 45.7 years1988: 47.5 years1990: 47.6 years1992: 47.7 years1994: 47.7 years1996: 47.8 years1998: 48.3 years2000: 49.6 years2002: 51.4 years2004: 53.7 years2006: 56.1 years2008: 58.3 years2010: 60 years2012: 61.6 years2014: 63.1 years2016: 64.5 years2018: 65.8 years2020: 66.4 years2022: 67.7 years2024: 68.5 years
Change over the period: +22.9 (+50.08%) Average annual rate: 0.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 68.5 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 — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 68.5 +0.2 +0.34%
2023 68.3 +0.6 +0.85%
2022 67.7 +1.2 +1.84%
2021 66.5 +0 +0.06%
2020 66.4 +0.1 +0.08%
2019 66.4 +0.6 +0.88%
2018 65.8 +0.6 +0.92%
2017 65.2 +0.7 +1.05%
2016 64.5 +0.7 +1.04%
2015 63.8 +0.8 +1.23%
2014 63.1 +0.7 +1.13%
2013 62.4 +0.8 +1.26%
2012 61.6 +0.8 +1.3%
2011 60.8 +0.8 +1.39%
2010 60 +0.8 +1.36%
2009 59.2 +0.9 +1.55%
2008 58.3 +1 +1.76%
2007 57.2 +1.1 +2.01%
2006 56.1 +1.2 +2.17%
2005 54.9 +1.2 +2.28%
2004 53.7 +1.3 +2.45%
2003 52.4 +1 +1.89%
2002 51.4 +0.9 +1.71%
2001 50.6 +0.9 +1.89%
2000 49.6 +0.7 +1.35%
1999 49 +0.7 +1.48%
1998 48.3 +0.2 +0.49%
1997 48 +0.3 +0.56%
1996 47.8 +0.1 +0.11%
1995 47.7 +0 +0.07%
1994 47.7 −0 −0.01%
1993 47.7 +0 +0.02%
1992 47.7 +0.1 +0.26%
1991 47.5 −0 −0.03%
1990 47.6 +0.1 +0.15%
1989 47.5 +0 +0.03%
1988 47.5 +0.1 +0.24%
1987 47.4 +1.7 +3.74%
1986 45.7 +0.2 +0.34%
1985 45.5 +1.8 +4.1%
1984 43.7 +0.2 +0.5%
1983 43.5 +0.2 +0.42%
1982 43.3 −0.1 −0.34%
1981 43.5 +0 +0.01%
1980 43.5 −1.9 −4.26%
1979 45.4 −0.2 −0.46%
1978 45.6 −0.2 −0.53%
1977 45.8 −0.3 −0.71%
1976 46.2 −0.3 −0.75%
1975 46.5 −0.3 −0.73%
1974 46.9 −0.1 −0.28%
1973 47 −0.2 −0.36%
1972 47.2 +0 +0.03%
1971 47.1 −2.5 −4.99%
1970 49.6 +0.1 +0.23%
1969 49.5 +0.2 +0.45%
1968 49.3 +0.3 +0.57%
1967 49 +0.5 +1.12%
1966 48.5 +0.2 +0.33%
1965 48.3 +0.5 +0.96%
1964 47.8 +0.5 +0.99%
1963 47.4 +0.6 +1.19%
1962 46.8 +0.5 +1.19%
1961 46.3 +0.6 +1.4%
1960 45.6

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.