Mauritania
Life expectancy at birth, male (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#159out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

66.760.754.748.742.7196019922024Mauritania · 2024: 66.70 yearsMauritania

Analytical takeaways

  • Mauritania records 66.70 years for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, ranking #159 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, male (years) increased from 42.73 years in 1960 to 66.70 years in 2024, a gain of 23.98 years.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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