Namibia vs Uganda: Life expectancy at birth, female

Namibia

71.48 years

in 2024

Uganda

71.36 years

in 2024

Namibia rank

159th

Uganda rank

160th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Namibia
Uganda

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 71.48 years against 71.36 years in Uganda, a difference of 0.112 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Namibia ranks 159th and Uganda ranks 160th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Namibia
Life expectancy at birth, female in Uganda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.