Life expectancy for people of different ages in Somalia
Somalia: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 58.82 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Somalia, 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
The most recent figure for life expectancy for people of different ages in Somalia is 58.82 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Somalia peaked at 58.82 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.03 years, in 1992.
Somalia ranks 231st 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 | 42.4 years | 41.45 years | 43.34 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 44.5 years | 43.54 years | 45.45 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 45.86 years | 44.26 years | 47.41 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.64 years | 43.93 years | 49 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.1 years | 25.03 years | 50.76 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.01 years | 50.68 years | 52.1 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.35 years | 32.45 years | 57.25 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.39 years | 53.93 years | 58.82 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More health data for Somalia
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 987.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 32,421 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 1,320 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 1,320 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 161,442 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 160,345 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 166,877 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 165,473 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 172,667 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 170,886 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Somalia?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Somalia was 58.82 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 58.82 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.03 years in 1992.
- How does Somalia rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Somalia ranks 231st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.