Life expectancy at birth, total in Angola
Angola: Life expectancy at birth, total was 64.81 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Angola, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, total in Angola stood at 64.81 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Angola peaked at 64.81 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.9 years, in 1961.
Angola ranks 189th 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 | 38.03 years | 36.9 years | 39.33 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.87 years | 39.69 years | 41.91 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 42.11 years | 40.79 years | 42.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.42 years | 41.85 years | 46.69 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.35 years | 46.5 years | 56.23 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.48 years | 57.24 years | 63.05 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.95 years | 62.96 years | 64.81 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More health data for Angola
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 418,633 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 400,927 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 493,356 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 3.2% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 636,823 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 436,271 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 453,528 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 434,863 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 401,365 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 417,736 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Angola?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Angola was 64.81 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 64.81 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.9 years in 1961.
- How does Angola rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Angola ranks 189th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (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.