Health · Benin
Yearly data from 1960 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Benin's life expectancy at birth, total (years) was 60.96 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.31% from 59.01 in 2014 (0.33% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 60.96 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 59.89 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 59.01 | 2014 |
| Highest | 60.96 | 2024 |
| Lowest | 38.78 | 1960 |
| Average since 2015 | 59.95 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 38.78 | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 1.79% from 59.89 in 2019 (0.36% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 57.22% from 38.78 in 1960 (0.71% a year on average, compounded).
In 2024, Benin's life expectancy at birth, total (years) rose 0.19 on 2023 (from 60.77 to 60.96).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.21 and a typical year strayed about 0.22 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.87 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.54 in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.19 a year. A straight line explains 87% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Extending that straight line gives about 61.33 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.36, against 1.13 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
In 2024, Benin had the 209th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 60.96 | 2024 |
| World | 73.48 | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.8 | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 69.52 | 2024 |
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Limitations: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Life expectancy at birth, total (years) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 60.96 |
| 2023 | 60.77 |
| 2022 | 60.48 |
| 2021 | 59.61 |
| 2020 | 60.15 |
| 2019 | 59.89 |
| 2018 | 59.71 |
| 2017 | 59.53 |
| 2016 | 59.28 |
| 2015 | 59.12 |
| 2014 | 59.01 |
| 2013 | 58.86 |
| 2012 | 58.56 |
| 2011 | 58.46 |
| 2010 | 58.39 |
| 2009 | 58.26 |
| 2008 | 58.1 |
| 2007 | 58.25 |
| 2006 | 57.97 |
| 2005 | 57.74 |
| 2004 | 57.35 |
| 2003 | 57.09 |
| 2002 | 56.85 |
| 2001 | 56.65 |
| 2000 | 56.59 |
| 1999 | 56.34 |
| 1998 | 56.15 |
| 1997 | 55.99 |
| 1996 | 55.65 |
| 1995 | 55.37 |
| 1994 | 54.99 |
| 1993 | 54.61 |
| 1992 | 54.14 |
| 1991 | 53.44 |
| 1990 | 53.02 |
| 1989 | 52.45 |
| 1988 | 52.02 |
| 1987 | 51.26 |
| 1986 | 50.63 |
| 1985 | 49.96 |
| 1984 | 49.4 |
| 1983 | 48.85 |
| 1982 | 48.49 |
| 1981 | 48.12 |
| 1980 | 47.75 |
| 1979 | 47.36 |
| 1978 | 46.94 |
| 1977 | 46.5 |
| 1976 | 45.95 |
| 1975 | 45.41 |
| 1974 | 44.88 |
| 1973 | 44.44 |
| 1972 | 43.93 |
| 1971 | 43.39 |
| 1970 | 43.03 |
| 1969 | 42.59 |
| 1968 | 42.18 |
| 1967 | 41.76 |
| 1966 | 41.27 |
| 1965 | 40.97 |
| 1964 | 40.5 |
| 1963 | 40.08 |
| 1962 | 39.64 |
| 1961 | 39.23 |
| 1960 | 38.78 |
Every indicator for Benin is on the Benin data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as statistical databases and publ… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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