Ghana vs Zambia: Life expectancy at age 15

Ghana

78.33 years

in 2100

Zambia

78.49 years

in 2100

Ghana rank

198th

Zambia rank

196th

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Zambia currently reports 78.49 years against 78.33 years in Ghana, a difference of 0.161 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Ghana ranks 198th and Zambia ranks 196th 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.