Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in Kenya
Kenya: Remaining life expectancy at different ages males was 61.46 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in Kenya, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 61.46 for remaining life expectancy at different ages males in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, remaining life expectancy at different ages males in Kenya peaked at 61.46 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35.78, in 1950.
Kenya ranks 216th 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 | 40.57 | 35.78 | 46.31 | 10 |
| 1960s | 50.15 | 47.23 | 52.48 | 10 |
| 1970s | 54.75 | 52.87 | 56.87 | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.38 | 57.36 | 59.11 | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.2 | 54.72 | 56.61 | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.08 | 55.33 | 58.89 | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.13 | 59.25 | 60.86 | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.22 | 58.97 | 61.46 | 4 |
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More health data for Kenya
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 16,059 (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,119 (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 3 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 3 (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 686,178 (2025)
- Population, male 49.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 680,935 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 690,593 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 679,769 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 17.60 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is remaining life expectancy at different ages males in Kenya?
- Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in Kenya was 61.46 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest remaining life expectancy at different ages males recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 61.46 in 2023.
- What is the lowest remaining life expectancy at different ages males recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.78 in 1950.
- How does Kenya rank for remaining life expectancy at different ages males?
- Kenya ranks 216th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is remaining life expectancy at different ages males rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Remaining life expectancy at different ages males. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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