Life expectancy in Burundi
Burundi: Life expectancy was 63.65 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Burundi, 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 Burundi is 63.65 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Burundi peaked at 63.65 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.78 years, in 1972.
That places Burundi 215th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 42.05 years | 40.94 years | 43.07 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 43.24 years | 41.84 years | 43.6 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 41.35 years | 25.78 years | 45.04 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 46.5 years | 42.89 years | 47.69 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.55 years | 37.22 years | 47.63 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.31 years | 47.62 years | 56.42 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.86 years | 57.09 years | 62.18 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.8 years | 62.1 years | 63.65 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 212 Guinea-Bissau 64.08 years compare
- 213 Equatorial Guinea 63.71 years compare
- 214 Cameroon 63.7 years compare
- 216 Kenya 63.65 years compare
- 217 Madagascar 63.63 years compare
- 218 Mozambique 63.61 years compare
More health data for Burundi
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 204,499 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 188,511 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 196,877 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 195,972 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 82.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 200,654 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 199,525 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 206,831 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 87.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 211,516 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Burundi?
- Life expectancy in Burundi was 63.65 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 63.65 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.78 years in 1972.
- How does Burundi rank for life expectancy?
- Burundi ranks 215th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.