Life expectancy at age 15 in Benin
Benin: Life expectancy at age 15 was 73.52 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Benin, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 15 in Benin is 73.52 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Benin peaked at 73.52 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 58.2 years, in 1950.
Benin ranks 230th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 58.75 years | 58.2 years | 59.37 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.31 years | 59.52 years | 61.07 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 62.19 years | 61.26 years | 63.14 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.28 years | 63.26 years | 65.72 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.88 years | 66.03 years | 67.29 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.3 years | 67.13 years | 67.57 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.27 years | 67.13 years | 67.39 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.72 years | 66.71 years | 68.22 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 68.71 years | 68.31 years | 69.1 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 69.54 years | 69.18 years | 69.89 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 70.3 years | 69.97 years | 70.64 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 71.03 years | 70.71 years | 71.34 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 71.71 years | 71.4 years | 72.02 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 72.4 years | 72.08 years | 72.71 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 73.1 years | 72.77 years | 73.44 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 73.52 years | 73.52 years | 73.52 years | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Benin?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Benin was 73.52 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 73.52 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.2 years in 1950.
- How does Benin rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Benin ranks 230th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.