Eritrea - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Eritrea was 63.38 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63.38 in 2010 and a minimum value of 40.90 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 40.90
1961 41.34
1962 41.78
1963 42.21
1964 42.64
1965 43.07
1966 43.51
1967 43.95
1968 44.40
1969 44.84
1970 45.25
1971 45.61
1972 45.91
1973 46.14
1974 46.29
1975 46.36
1976 46.35
1977 46.27
1978 46.16
1979 46.04
1980 45.96
1981 45.95
1982 46.04
1983 46.24
1984 46.57
1985 47.03
1986 47.60
1987 48.25
1988 48.96
1989 49.70
1990 50.48
1991 51.29
1992 52.13
1993 52.99
1994 53.87
1995 54.73
1996 55.56
1997 56.34
1998 57.06
1999 57.71
2000 58.32
2001 58.87
2002 59.40
2003 59.93
2004 60.44
2005 60.96
2006 61.48
2007 61.98
2008 62.47
2009 62.93
2010 63.38

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Eritrea was 60.99 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.99 in 2010 and a minimum value of 39.11 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 39.11
1961 39.53
1962 39.95
1963 40.36
1964 40.78
1965 41.19
1966 41.62
1967 42.05
1968 42.49
1969 42.91
1970 43.32
1971 43.67
1972 43.97
1973 44.20
1974 44.36
1975 44.43
1976 44.42
1977 44.34
1978 44.22
1979 44.08
1980 43.98
1981 43.94
1982 44.00
1983 44.18
1984 44.48
1985 44.91
1986 45.45
1987 46.08
1988 46.76
1989 47.48
1990 48.23
1991 49.02
1992 49.84
1993 50.69
1994 51.55
1995 52.40
1996 53.23
1997 54.01
1998 54.74
1999 55.41
2000 56.02
2001 56.59
2002 57.13
2003 57.65
2004 58.16
2005 58.66
2006 59.16
2007 59.64
2008 60.11
2009 60.56
2010 60.99

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Eritrea was 58.72 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.72 in 2010 and a minimum value of 37.40 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 37.40
1961 37.80
1962 38.21
1963 38.61
1964 39.01
1965 39.41
1966 39.82
1967 40.24
1968 40.67
1969 41.08
1970 41.48
1971 41.83
1972 42.13
1973 42.35
1974 42.51
1975 42.59
1976 42.58
1977 42.49
1978 42.36
1979 42.22
1980 42.09
1981 42.04
1982 42.07
1983 42.21
1984 42.49
1985 42.89
1986 43.40
1987 44.00
1988 44.66
1989 45.36
1990 46.10
1991 46.87
1992 47.67
1993 48.50
1994 49.35
1995 50.19
1996 51.01
1997 51.79
1998 52.53
1999 53.21
2000 53.84
2001 54.43
2002 54.97
2003 55.49
2004 55.99
2005 56.48
2006 56.95
2007 57.41
2008 57.86
2009 58.29
2010 58.72

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality