Namibia
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#172out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

67.562.858.053.348.5196019922024Namibia · 2024: 67.52 yearsNamibia

Analytical takeaways

  • Namibia records 67.52 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #172 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 48.53 years in 1960 to 67.52 years in 2024, a gain of 18.99 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.

Comparison

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