Life expectancy at birth, male in Benin
Benin: Life expectancy at birth, male was 59.52 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, male in Benin, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Benin recorded 59.52 years for life expectancy at birth, male 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 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Benin peaked at 59.52 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.82 years, in 1960.
Benin ranks 207th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.66 years | 36.82 years | 40.49 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 42.93 years | 40.91 years | 44.82 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.06 years | 45.14 years | 49.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 52.6 years | 50.11 years | 54.42 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.16 years | 54.82 years | 57.29 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.07 years | 57.47 years | 58.69 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.04 years | 58.39 years | 59.52 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 204 Cote d'Ivoire 60.17 years compare
- 205 Democratic Republic of Congo 59.96 years compare
- 206 Guinea 59.66 years compare
- 208 Mali 59.25 years compare
- 209 Burkina Faso 59.11 years compare
- 210 Somalia 56.49 years compare
More health data for Benin
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 205,619 (2025)
- Population, male 50.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 4.11 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 6.11 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 205,179 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 210,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 203,171 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 208,374 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 200,459 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 191,594 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, male in Benin?
- Life expectancy at birth, male in Benin was 59.52 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 59.52 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.82 years in 1960.
- How does Benin rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
- Benin ranks 207th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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.