Life expectancy at birth, female in Eritrea
Eritrea: Life expectancy at birth, female was 70.94 years in 2024. β² Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Eritrea, 1960β2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 70.94 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Eritrea peaked at 70.94 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39.5 years, in 1983.
That places Eritrea 169th out of 219 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.13 years | 39.55 years | 42.89 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 44.07 years | 41.36 years | 46.73 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.56 years | 39.5 years | 50.62 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.17 years | 52.02 years | 57.68 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.03 years | 58.49 years | 64.97 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.58 years | 65.49 years | 69.36 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.93 years | 68.98 years | 70.94 years | 5 |
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More health data for Eritrea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 821.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 425 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4938 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 32,833 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Eritrea?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Eritrea was 70.94 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 70.94 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.5 years in 1983.
- How does Eritrea rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Eritrea ranks 169th out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.