Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Remaining life expectancy at different ages was 67.31 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Ethiopia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, remaining life expectancy at different ages in Ethiopia stood at 67.31 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, remaining life expectancy at different ages in Ethiopia peaked at 67.31 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.17 years, in 1957.
Ethiopia ranks 191st 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 | 36.02 years | 32.17 years | 39.17 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 40.95 years | 39.34 years | 42.13 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 41.11 years | 38.94 years | 42.38 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.57 years | 36.32 years | 45.89 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 48 years | 45.12 years | 49.79 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.38 years | 50.88 years | 58.72 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.04 years | 59.71 years | 65.74 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.38 years | 65.33 years | 67.31 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More health data for Ethiopia
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 744.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 19,997 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 1,357 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 1,357 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 1.25 million (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 1.24 million (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 1.29 million (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 1.28 million (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 1.33 million (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 1.32 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is remaining life expectancy at different ages in Ethiopia?
- Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Ethiopia was 67.31 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest remaining life expectancy at different ages recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 67.31 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest remaining life expectancy at different ages recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.17 years in 1957.
- How does Ethiopia rank for remaining life expectancy at different ages?
- Ethiopia ranks 191st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is remaining life expectancy at different ages rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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 Remaining life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.