Which has higher life expectancy, Kenya or Madagascar?

Kenya, at 63.65 years against 63.63 years in Madagascar as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Madagascar: Life expectancy

Kenya

63.65 years

in 2023

Madagascar

63.63 years

in 2023

Kenya rank

216th

Madagascar rank

217th

Life expectancy over time

Kenya
Madagascar

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 63.65 years against 63.63 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.

Kenya ranks 216th and Madagascar ranks 217th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Madagascar in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	41.95 years	41.21 years	0.7443 years	Kenya
1960s	51.41 years	45.31 years	6.1 years	Kenya
1970s	56.36 years	49.22 years	7.14 years	Kenya
1980s	60.23 years	50.55 years	9.68 years	Kenya
1990s	56.44 years	54.63 years	1.81 years	Kenya
2000s	58.21 years	60.33 years	2.12 years	Madagascar
2010s	62.07 years	63.21 years	1.14 years	Madagascar
2020s	62.5 years	62.98 years	0.4763 years	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Kenya or Madagascar?: Kenya, at 63.65 years against 63.63 years in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Kenya and Madagascar?: 0.02 years, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Madagascar rank globally for life expectancy?: Kenya ranks 216th and Madagascar ranks 217th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.