Life expectancy for people of different ages in Eswatini
Eswatini: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 64.12 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Eswatini, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 64.12 years for life expectancy for people of different ages in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Eswatini peaked at 64.12 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43.44 years, in 1950.
Eswatini ranks 211th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.73 years | 43.44 years | 46.09 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 48.34 years | 46.39 years | 50.64 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 54.19 years | 51.21 years | 57.54 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.36 years | 58.23 years | 61.93 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.45 years | 48.81 years | 61.17 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.43 years | 43.91 years | 47.63 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.1 years | 48.33 years | 59.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.31 years | 58.23 years | 64.12 years | 4 |
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More health data for Eswatini
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,406 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 206 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 12,028 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 11,428 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 11,956 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 11,531 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 11,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 11,562 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Eswatini?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Eswatini was 64.12 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 64.12 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.44 years in 1950.
- How does Eswatini rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Eswatini ranks 211th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.