Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Zimbabwe

Life expectancy at birth in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 63.1 years. Ranked 200 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 17.9%.

2024 63.1 years +0.46% vs 2023
World rank 200of 217
Period maximum 63.1 years2024
Period minimum 44.5 years2001

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Zimbabwe, 1960–202440455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.5 years1962: 54.5 years1964: 55.4 years1966: 56.4 years1968: 57.1 years1970: 57.8 years1972: 58.2 years1974: 58.2 years1976: 57.6 years1978: 54.7 years1980: 59.1 years1982: 59.9 years1984: 60.6 years1986: 61 years1988: 60.2 years1990: 58.3 years1992: 55.6 years1994: 52.5 years1996: 49 years1998: 47.6 years2000: 46 years2002: 45.9 years2004: 46 years2006: 47.1 years2008: 48.5 years2010: 51.9 years2012: 55.4 years2014: 58.1 years2016: 59.8 years2018: 60.9 years2020: 61.5 years2022: 62.4 years2024: 63.1 years
Change over the period: +9.6 (+17.89%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 63.1 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Eastern Africa computed 65.9 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.1 +0.3 +0.46%
2023 62.8 +0.4 +0.67%
2022 62.4 +2.2 +3.7%
2021 60.1 −1.4 −2.27%
2020 61.5 +0.5 +0.77%
2019 61.1 +0.2 +0.25%
2018 60.9 +0.6 +1.07%
2017 60.3 +0.5 +0.84%
2016 59.8 +0.8 +1.31%
2015 59 +0.9 +1.52%
2014 58.1 +1.3 +2.22%
2013 56.8 +1.5 +2.63%
2012 55.4 +1.5 +2.74%
2011 53.9 +2 +3.82%
2010 51.9 +2.2 +4.37%
2009 49.8 +1.3 +2.67%
2008 48.5 +0.9 +1.85%
2007 47.6 +0.5 +1.11%
2006 47.1 +0.5 +1.04%
2005 46.6 +0.5 +1.14%
2004 46 +0.7 +1.48%
2003 45.4 −0.6 −1.23%
2002 45.9 +1.4 +3.17%
2001 44.5 −1.5 −3.28%
2000 46 −0.3 −0.74%
1999 46.4 −1.2 −2.46%
1998 47.6 −1 −2.03%
1997 48.5 −0.4 −0.91%
1996 49 −2.2 −4.23%
1995 51.1 −1.4 −2.65%
1994 52.5 −1.4 −2.67%
1993 54 −1.6 −2.92%
1992 55.6 −1.4 −2.52%
1991 57 −1.3 −2.2%
1990 58.3 −1.1 −1.9%
1989 59.4 −0.8 −1.32%
1988 60.2 −0.5 −0.8%
1987 60.7 −0.3 −0.42%
1986 61 +0.1 +0.13%
1985 60.9 +0.3 +0.46%
1984 60.6 +0.6 +1.06%
1983 60 +0.1 +0.22%
1982 59.9 +0.4 +0.69%
1981 59.4 +0.4 +0.65%
1980 59.1 +4.1 +7.55%
1979 54.9 +0.2 +0.34%
1978 54.7 −2.3 −3.98%
1977 57 −0.6 −1.1%
1976 57.6 −0.6 −1.07%
1975 58.2 +0.1 +0.09%
1974 58.2 +0.1 +0.18%
1973 58.1 −0.1 −0.15%
1972 58.2 +0.2 +0.31%
1971 58 +0.2 +0.41%
1970 57.8 +0.3 +0.49%
1969 57.5 +0.3 +0.59%
1968 57.1 +0.4 +0.67%
1967 56.8 +0.4 +0.72%
1966 56.4 +0.5 +0.81%
1965 55.9 +0.5 +0.86%
1964 55.4 +0.5 +0.89%
1963 54.9 +0.5 +0.9%
1962 54.5 +0.5 +0.9%
1961 54 +0.5 +0.89%
1960 53.5

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.