Life expectancy in Benin
Benin: Life expectancy was 60.77 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Benin, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Benin recorded 60.77 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Benin peaked at 60.77 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35.4 years, in 1950.
Benin ranks 228th 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 | 36.83 years | 35.4 years | 38.39 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 40.7 years | 38.77 years | 42.59 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 45.18 years | 43.03 years | 47.36 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.89 years | 47.75 years | 52.45 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.97 years | 53.02 years | 56.34 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.48 years | 56.59 years | 58.26 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.08 years | 58.39 years | 59.89 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.25 years | 59.61 years | 60.77 years | 4 |
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More health data for Benin
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,002 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 13,632 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 123,369 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 120,115 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 126,844 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 123,427 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 130,723 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 127,171 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Benin?
- Life expectancy in Benin was 60.77 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 60.77 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.4 years in 1950.
- How does Benin rank for life expectancy?
- Benin ranks 228th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.