Life expectancy in Benin
Benin: Life expectancy was 60.77 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Benin, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy in Benin is 60.77 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Benin peaked at 60.77 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35.4 years, in 1950.
Benin ranks 228th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 36.83 years | 35.4 years | 38.39 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 40.7 years | 38.77 years | 42.59 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 45.18 years | 43.03 years | 47.36 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.89 years | 47.75 years | 52.45 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.97 years | 53.02 years | 56.34 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.48 years | 56.59 years | 58.26 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.08 years | 58.39 years | 59.89 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.25 years | 59.61 years | 60.77 years | 4 |
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More health data for Benin
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 181,098 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 173,989 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 169,419 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 179,966 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 175,222 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 467,108 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 185,997 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 196,807 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 201,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 191,789 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Benin?
- Life expectancy in Benin was 60.77 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 60.77 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.4 years in 1950.
- How does Benin rank for life expectancy?
- Benin ranks 228th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.