Senegal
Life expectancy at birth, female (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#167out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

71.063.355.647.940.2196019922024Senegal · 2024: 71.01 yearsSenegal

Analytical takeaways

  • Senegal records 71.01 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #167 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 40.18 years in 1960 to 71.01 years in 2024, a gain of 30.83 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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