Statizoid

Life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania

Tanzania: Life expectancy, source comparison was 67 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
67 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
194th
of 236 countries
All-time high
67 years
in 2023
All-time low
41.03 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania, 1950–2023

0204060195019862023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania stood at 67 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania peaked at 67 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.03 years, in 1950.

Tanzania ranks 194th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania, year by year

Year years Change
1950 41.03 years —
1951 41.18 years +0.4%
1952 41.36 years +0.4%
1953 41.51 years +0.4%
1954 41.66 years +0.4%
1955 41.83 years +0.4%
1956 41.99 years +0.4%
1957 42.15 years +0.4%
1958 42.31 years +0.4%
1959 42.45 years +0.3%
1960 42.6 years +0.3%
1961 42.84 years +0.6%
1962 43.22 years +0.9%
1963 43.62 years +0.9%
1964 44.08 years +1.1%
1965 44.54 years +1.1%
1966 44.94 years +0.9%
1967 45.16 years +0.5%
1968 45.63 years +1.0%
1969 46.04 years +0.9%
1970 46.49 years +1.0%
1971 46.97 years +1.0%
1972 47.44 years +1.0%
1973 47.91 years +1.0%
1974 48.42 years +1.1%
1975 48.92 years +1.0%
1976 49.46 years +1.1%
1977 49.97 years +1.0%
1978 50.35 years +0.8%
1979 50.79 years +0.9%
1980 51.27 years +0.9%
1981 51.7 years +0.8%
1982 51.99 years +0.6%
1983 52.18 years +0.4%
1984 52.15 years -0.1%
1985 52.18 years +0.1%
1986 52.21 years +0.0%
1987 52.18 years -0.0%
1988 52.22 years +0.1%
1989 52.09 years -0.3%
1990 51.98 years -0.2%
1991 51.84 years -0.3%
1992 51.43 years -0.8%
1993 51.22 years -0.4%
1994 51.08 years -0.3%
1995 51.01 years -0.1%
1996 51.13 years +0.2%
1997 51.25 years +0.2%
1998 51.81 years +1.1%
1999 52.4 years +1.1%
2000 53.24 years +1.6%
2001 54.12 years +1.7%
2002 54.94 years +1.5%
2003 55.93 years +1.8%
2004 56.84 years +1.6%
2005 57.67 years +1.5%
2006 58.51 years +1.5%
2007 59.26 years +1.3%
2008 59.9 years +1.1%
2009 60.49 years +1.0%
2010 61.13 years +1.0%
2011 61.62 years +0.8%
2012 62.29 years +1.1%
2013 62.79 years +0.8%
2014 63.36 years +0.9%
2015 63.93 years +0.9%
2016 64.4 years +0.7%
2017 64.96 years +0.9%
2018 65.49 years +0.8%
2019 66.01 years +0.8%
2020 66.77 years +1.2%
2021 66.13 years -1.0%
2022 66.88 years +1.1%
2023 67 years +0.2%

Tanzania compared with similar countries

  • Tanzania's 67 years is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67.65 years, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Tanzania's 67 years is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.1 years, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 41.75 years 41.03 years 42.45 years 10
1960s 44.27 years 42.6 years 46.04 years 10
1970s 48.67 years 46.49 years 50.79 years 10
1980s 52.02 years 51.27 years 52.22 years 10
1990s 51.51 years 51.01 years 52.4 years 10
2000s 57.09 years 53.24 years 60.49 years 10
2010s 63.6 years 61.13 years 66.01 years 10
2020s 66.69 years 66.13 years 67 years 4

Countries ranked near Tanzania

  1. 191 Ethiopia 67.31 years compare
  2. 192 Micronesia (country) 67.2 years compare
  3. 193 Tuvalu 67.11 years compare
  4. 195 Marshall Islands 66.94 years compare
  5. 196 Myanmar 66.89 years compare
  6. 197 Comoros 66.78 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Tanzania

All data for Tanzania →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania?
Life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania was 67 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy, source comparison recorded in Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 67 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy, source comparison recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 41.03 years in 1950.
How does Tanzania rank for life expectancy, source comparison?
Tanzania ranks 194th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy, source comparison rising or falling in Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy, source comparison. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/life-expectancy-at-birth-source-comparison/tanzania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/life-expectancy-at-birth-source-comparison/tanzania/">Life expectancy, source comparison in Tanzania</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy, source comparison
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy at birth.