Life expectancy at age 15 in Kenya
Kenya: Life expectancy at age 15 was 75.81 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 75.81 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Kenya peaked at 75.81 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 58.05 years, in 1950.
That places Kenya 216th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it 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 | 59.7 years | 58.05 years | 62.24 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 63.95 years | 62.63 years | 65.14 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.38 years | 65.33 years | 67.43 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.04 years | 67.64 years | 68.45 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.12 years | 62.99 years | 65.98 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 63.65 years | 62.91 years | 64.73 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.72 years | 64.99 years | 66.28 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.77 years | 64.89 years | 67.65 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 68.38 years | 67.79 years | 68.95 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 69.6 years | 69.08 years | 70.11 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 70.69 years | 70.22 years | 71.17 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 71.74 years | 71.26 years | 72.22 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 72.81 years | 72.33 years | 73.3 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 73.92 years | 73.41 years | 74.46 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 75.13 years | 74.58 years | 75.69 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 75.81 years | 75.81 years | 75.81 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 213 Madagascar 76.19 years compare
- 214 Guinea-Bissau 75.89 years compare
- 215 Papua New Guinea 75.89 years compare
- 217 Lesotho 75.72 years compare
- 218 Togo 75.51 years compare
- 219 Mozambique 75.48 years compare
More health data for Kenya
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 686,178 (2025)
- Population, male 49.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 680,935 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 690,593 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 679,769 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 689,059 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 20.86 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 36.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 677,010 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 680,161 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Kenya?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Kenya was 75.81 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 75.81 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.05 years in 1950.
- How does Kenya rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Kenya ranks 216th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.