Zambia
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#183out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

68.963.357.752.146.5196019922024Zambia · 2024: 68.87 yearsZambia

Analytical takeaways

  • Zambia records 68.87 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #183 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 51.71 years in 1960 to 68.87 years in 2024, a gain of 17.17 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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