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Life expectancy in Chad

Chad: Life expectancy was 55.07 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
55.07 years
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
235th
of 236 countries
All-time high
55.07 years
in 2023
All-time low
35.23 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy in Chad, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Chad stood at 55.07 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Chad peaked at 55.07 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35.23 years, in 1950.

Chad ranks 235th 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.

Life expectancy in Chad, year by year

Year years Change
1950 35.23 years —
1951 35.45 years +0.6%
1952 35.86 years +1.1%
1953 36.28 years +1.2%
1954 36.79 years +1.4%
1955 37.35 years +1.5%
1956 37.92 years +1.5%
1957 38.33 years +1.1%
1958 38.74 years +1.1%
1959 38.96 years +0.6%
1960 39.22 years +0.7%
1961 39.42 years +0.5%
1962 39.61 years +0.5%
1963 39.89 years +0.7%
1964 40.12 years +0.6%
1965 40.05 years -0.2%
1966 40.09 years +0.1%
1967 40.39 years +0.8%
1968 40.7 years +0.8%
1969 41.02 years +0.8%
1970 41.39 years +0.9%
1971 40.87 years -1.2%
1972 41.92 years +2.6%
1973 42.4 years +1.1%
1974 42.6 years +0.5%
1975 42.74 years +0.3%
1976 42.69 years -0.1%
1977 42.88 years +0.5%
1978 43.02 years +0.3%
1979 43.24 years +0.5%
1980 43.45 years +0.5%
1981 43.5 years +0.1%
1982 43.91 years +1.0%
1983 44.45 years +1.2%
1984 44.73 years +0.6%
1985 45.31 years +1.3%
1986 45.6 years +0.6%
1987 43.07 years -5.5%
1988 46.35 years +7.6%
1989 46.43 years +0.2%
1990 45.07 years -2.9%
1991 46.6 years +3.4%
1992 46.78 years +0.4%
1993 47 years +0.5%
1994 47.08 years +0.2%
1995 47.45 years +0.8%
1996 47.55 years +0.2%
1997 47.76 years +0.4%
1998 47.8 years +0.1%
1999 47.93 years +0.3%
2000 47.94 years +0.0%
2001 48.31 years +0.8%
2002 48.36 years +0.1%
2003 48.61 years +0.5%
2004 48.69 years +0.2%
2005 48.86 years +0.4%
2006 48.75 years -0.2%
2007 49.21 years +1.0%
2008 49.5 years +0.6%
2009 49.83 years +0.7%
2010 50.11 years +0.6%
2011 50.43 years +0.6%
2012 50.77 years +0.7%
2013 51.05 years +0.6%
2014 51.14 years +0.2%
2015 51.32 years +0.3%
2016 51.6 years +0.6%
2017 51.87 years +0.5%
2018 52.45 years +1.1%
2019 52.99 years +1.0%
2020 53.08 years +0.2%
2021 53.14 years +0.1%
2022 54.53 years +2.6%
2023 55.07 years +1.0%

Chad compared with similar countries

  • Chad's 55.07 years is below the median for low income countries, which is 63.65 years, 87% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Chad's 55.07 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.1 years, 86% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 37.09 years 35.23 years 38.96 years 10
1960s 40.05 years 39.22 years 41.02 years 10
1970s 42.37 years 40.87 years 43.24 years 10
1980s 44.68 years 43.07 years 46.43 years 10
1990s 47.1 years 45.07 years 47.93 years 10
2000s 48.8 years 47.94 years 49.83 years 10
2010s 51.37 years 50.11 years 52.99 years 10
2020s 53.95 years 53.08 years 55.07 years 4

Countries ranked near Chad

  1. 232 South Sudan 57.62 years compare
  2. 233 Central African Republic 57.41 years compare
  3. 234 Lesotho 57.37 years compare
  4. 236 Nigeria 54.46 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Chad?
Life expectancy in Chad was 55.07 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 recorded in Chad?
The highest recorded value was 55.07 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Chad?
The lowest recorded value was 35.23 years in 1950.
How does Chad rank for life expectancy?
Chad ranks 235th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Chad?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chad 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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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.