Life expectancy at birth, total in Seychelles
Seychelles: Life expectancy at birth, total was 76.3 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Seychelles, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Seychelles is 76.3 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Seychelles peaked at 77.24 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 60.53 years, in 1960.
Seychelles ranks 95th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.52 years | 60.53 years | 63.28 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.47 years | 63.99 years | 68.34 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.23 years | 67.97 years | 70.38 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.99 years | 68.11 years | 72.67 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.45 years | 71.03 years | 73.25 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.63 years | 72.72 years | 74.31 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.37 years | 73.4 years | 77.24 years | 5 |
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More health data for Seychelles
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 828 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 804 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 8.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 829 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 811 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 7.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 10.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 5,015 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 837 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 10,733 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Seychelles?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Seychelles was 76.3 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 77.24 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.53 years in 1960.
- How does Seychelles rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Seychelles ranks 95th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.
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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.