Life expectancy in Uganda
Uganda: Life expectancy was 68.25 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Uganda, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy in Uganda is 68.25 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Uganda peaked at 68.25 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.71 years, in 1950.
That places Uganda 184th 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 | 42.22 years | 39.71 years | 44.95 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 47.85 years | 45.63 years | 49.5 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 46.73 years | 45.38 years | 49.62 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.09 years | 43.31 years | 47.49 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.89 years | 47.55 years | 48.98 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.35 years | 49.64 years | 59.16 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.34 years | 59.96 years | 66.35 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.2 years | 66.41 years | 68.25 years | 4 |
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More health data for Uganda
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 853.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,666 deaths (2100)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 650,869 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 624,736 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 643,598 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 639,166 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 656,357 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 660,462 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 669,469 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 677,641 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Uganda?
- Life expectancy in Uganda was 68.25 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 68.25 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.71 years in 1950.
- How does Uganda rank for life expectancy?
- Uganda ranks 184th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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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About this data
The period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.