Life expectancy at birth, female in Gabon
Gabon: Life expectancy at birth, female was 71.24 years in 2024. β² Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Gabon, 1960β2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 71.24 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Gabon peaked at 71.24 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.13 years, in 1960.
Gabon ranks 165th of 217 countries on this measure, 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 | 51.99 years | 49.13 years | 54.71 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 57.67 years | 55.27 years | 60.01 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 61.57 years | 60.47 years | 62.23 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.56 years | 62.28 years | 62.99 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.48 years | 63.16 years | 66.26 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.39 years | 66.75 years | 69.76 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.39 years | 69.61 years | 71.24 years | 5 |
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More health data for Gabon
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.9749 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8193 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 750.6 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 711 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.5072 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 19,767 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Gabon?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Gabon was 71.24 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 71.24 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.13 years in 1960.
- How does Gabon rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Gabon ranks 165th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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.