Botswana vs Eritrea: Life expectancy at birth, male

Botswana
66.78 years
in 2024
Eritrea
66.76 years
in 2024
Botswana rank
155th
Eritrea rank
156th

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

  • Botswana
  • Eritrea
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 66.78 years against 66.76 years in Eritrea, a difference of 0.024 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 155th and Eritrea ranks 156th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, male (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
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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.