Life expectancy at age 15 in Yemen

Yemen: Life expectancy at age 15 was 79.65 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
79.65 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
190th
of 236 countries
All-time high
79.65 years
in 2100
All-time low
58.46 years
in 1963
Years of data
151
1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Yemen, 1950–2100

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2100, life expectancy at age 15 in Yemen stood at 79.65 years. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Yemen peaked at 79.65 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 58.46 years, in 1963.

Yemen ranks 190th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 59.35 years 58.82 years 59.96 years 10
1960s 60.01 years 58.46 years 61.64 years 10
1970s 63.42 years 61.96 years 64.67 years 10
1980s 66.17 years 64.39 years 67.67 years 10
1990s 68.61 years 67.88 years 69.54 years 10
2000s 70.71 years 69.74 years 71.5 years 10
2010s 71.13 years 69.64 years 71.97 years 10
2020s 71.96 years 69.34 years 72.95 years 10
2030s 73.33 years 73.02 years 73.64 years 10
2040s 74.05 years 73.72 years 74.42 years 10
2050s 74.93 years 74.52 years 75.33 years 10
2060s 75.84 years 75.41 years 76.28 years 10
2070s 76.85 years 76.38 years 77.32 years 10
2080s 77.9 years 77.42 years 78.41 years 10
2090s 79.03 years 78.53 years 79.53 years 10
2100s 79.65 years 79.65 years 79.65 years 1

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 187 East Timor 80.06 years compare
  2. 188 Botswana 79.91 years compare
  3. 189 Myanmar 79.75 years compare
  4. 191 Malawi 79.63 years compare
  5. 192 Djibouti 79.34 years compare
  6. 193 Palau 79.17 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Yemen?
Life expectancy at age 15 in Yemen was 79.65 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 Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 79.65 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 58.46 years in 1963.
How does Yemen rank for life expectancy at age 15?
Yemen ranks 190th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen 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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About this data

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
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