Mauritania
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

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.

Global rank#164out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

68.762.456.249.943.6196019922024Mauritania · 2024: 68.71 yearsMauritania

Analytical takeaways

  • Mauritania records 68.71 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #164 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 43.61 years in 1960 to 68.71 years in 2024, a gain of 25.10 years.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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