Life expectancy for people of different ages in Kiribati
Kiribati: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 66.47 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Kiribati, 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
Kiribati recorded 66.47 years for life expectancy for people of different ages in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Kiribati peaked at 66.47 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 45.72 years, in 1950.
That places Kiribati 198th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 46.37 years | 45.72 years | 47.5 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 50.76 years | 47.96 years | 53.76 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 55.95 years | 54.38 years | 57.11 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.7 years | 57.3 years | 60.54 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.86 years | 61.02 years | 64.39 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.38 years | 64.67 years | 65.81 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.85 years | 65.79 years | 65.91 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.52 years | 64.15 years | 66.47 years | 4 |
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More health data for Kiribati
- Number of infants who die before age 1 34 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,076 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 1,515 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 1,447 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 1,465 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 1,496 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 1,504 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 1,509 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Kiribati?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Kiribati was 66.47 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 66.47 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.72 years in 1950.
- How does Kiribati rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Kiribati ranks 198th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.