Sierra Leone - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Sierra Leone was 55.88 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.88 in 2020 and a minimum value of 32.65 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: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 32.65
1961 32.99
1962 33.35
1963 33.73
1964 34.14
1965 34.58
1966 35.05
1967 35.55
1968 36.07
1969 36.60
1970 37.13
1971 37.65
1972 38.15
1973 38.63
1974 39.07
1975 39.48
1976 39.86
1977 40.21
1978 40.54
1979 40.84
1980 41.08
1981 41.26
1982 41.36
1983 41.38
1984 41.31
1985 41.15
1986 40.87
1987 40.50
1988 40.07
1989 39.59
1990 39.10
1991 38.62
1992 38.19
1993 37.83
1994 37.59
1995 37.51
1996 37.63
1997 37.95
1998 38.47
1999 39.16
2000 40.01
2001 40.98
2002 42.02
2003 43.10
2004 44.18
2005 45.25
2006 46.29
2007 47.31
2008 48.32
2009 49.30
2010 50.23
2011 51.09
2012 51.88
2013 52.59
2014 53.22
2015 53.77
2016 54.26
2017 54.70
2018 55.11
2019 55.50
2020 55.88

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Sierra Leone was 55.07 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.07 in 2020 and a minimum value of 31.57 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: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)

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Year Value
1960 31.57
1961 31.93
1962 32.30
1963 32.71
1964 33.13
1965 33.59
1966 34.07
1967 34.57
1968 35.08
1969 35.59
1970 36.10
1971 36.60
1972 37.09
1973 37.57
1974 38.03
1975 38.47
1976 38.88
1977 39.27
1978 39.62
1979 39.94
1980 40.19
1981 40.39
1982 40.50
1983 40.55
1984 40.51
1985 40.38
1986 40.15
1987 39.83
1988 39.44
1989 39.01
1990 38.56
1991 38.12
1992 37.72
1993 37.38
1994 37.16
1995 37.08
1996 37.19
1997 37.50
1998 37.98
1999 38.63
2000 39.44
2001 40.37
2002 41.38
2003 42.42
2004 43.47
2005 44.50
2006 45.52
2007 46.52
2008 47.51
2009 48.47
2010 49.38
2011 50.23
2012 51.02
2013 51.73
2014 52.37
2015 52.94
2016 53.44
2017 53.90
2018 54.31
2019 54.70
2020 55.07

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Sierra Leone was 54.21 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54.21 in 2020 and a minimum value of 30.49 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: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

See also:

Year Value
1960 30.49
1961 30.87
1962 31.27
1963 31.69
1964 32.14
1965 32.61
1966 33.10
1967 33.60
1968 34.09
1969 34.58
1970 35.07
1971 35.56
1972 36.04
1973 36.53
1974 37.00
1975 37.47
1976 37.91
1977 38.33
1978 38.71
1979 39.04
1980 39.32
1981 39.52
1982 39.65
1983 39.72
1984 39.71
1985 39.61
1986 39.43
1987 39.16
1988 38.82
1989 38.44
1990 38.03
1991 37.63
1992 37.26
1993 36.95
1994 36.73
1995 36.66
1996 36.76
1997 37.03
1998 37.48
1999 38.10
2000 38.86
2001 39.75
2002 40.71
2003 41.71
2004 42.73
2005 43.73
2006 44.72
2007 45.70
2008 46.66
2009 47.60
2010 48.50
2011 49.34
2012 50.12
2013 50.83
2014 51.49
2015 52.07
2016 52.59
2017 53.05
2018 53.47
2019 53.85
2020 54.21

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality