Benin vs Somalia: Life expectancy at age 15

Benin

73.52 years

in 2100

Somalia

72.1 years

in 2100

Benin rank

230th

Somalia rank

233rd

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Benin currently reports 73.52 years against 72.1 years in Somalia, a difference of 1.42 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 230th and Somalia ranks 233rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.