Life expectancy at birth, female in Haiti

Haiti: Life expectancy at birth, female was 68.49 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
68.49 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
183rd
of 215 countries
All-time high
68.49 years
in 2024
All-time low
44.33 years
in 1963
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Life expectancy at birth, female in Haiti, 1960–2024

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.

Analysis

Haiti recorded 68.49 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Haiti peaked at 68.49 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.33 years, in 1963.

That places Haiti 183rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 46.91 years 44.33 years 48.7 years 10
1970s 50.13 years 49.03 years 51.09 years 10
1980s 52.6 years 51.23 years 54.07 years 10
1990s 56.69 years 54.42 years 59.34 years 10
2000s 61.95 years 59.87 years 64.08 years 10
2010s 63.83 years 45.68 years 67.29 years 10
2020s 67.35 years 65.71 years 68.49 years 5

Countries ranked near Haiti

  1. 180 Comoros 69.2 years compare
  2. 181 Zambia 68.87 years compare
  3. 182 Djibouti 68.74 years compare
  4. 184 Kiribati 68.32 years compare
  5. 185 Ghana 68.16 years compare
  6. 186 Afghanistan 67.81 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at birth, female in Haiti?
Life expectancy at birth, female in Haiti was 68.49 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Haiti?
The highest recorded value was 68.49 years in 2024.
What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Haiti?
The lowest recorded value was 44.33 years in 1963.
How does Haiti rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
Haiti ranks 183rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Haiti?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Haiti data come from?
The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.