Life expectancy in Djibouti
Djibouti: Life expectancy was 65.99 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Djibouti, 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
Djibouti recorded 65.99 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Djibouti peaked at 65.99 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40.73 years, in 1950.
Djibouti ranks 204th 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 | 41.9 years | 40.73 years | 43.08 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 45.11 years | 43.42 years | 47.07 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 49.57 years | 47.26 years | 51.6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.83 years | 52.05 years | 55.37 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.81 years | 54.38 years | 56.56 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.52 years | 56.73 years | 60.35 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.67 years | 60.74 years | 64.38 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.89 years | 63.83 years | 65.99 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
- 201 South Africa 66.14 years compare
- 202 Papua New Guinea 66.13 years compare
- 203 Afghanistan 66.03 years compare
- 205 Gambia 65.86 years compare
- 206 Congo 65.77 years compare
- 207 Ghana 65.5 years compare
More health data for Djibouti
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 11,384 (2025)
- Population, male 586,804 (2025)
- Population, male 49.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 11,154 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 11,750 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 28.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 11,605 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 11,751 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 11,879 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 396,197 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Djibouti?
- Life expectancy in Djibouti was 65.99 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 Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 65.99 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.73 years in 1950.
- How does Djibouti rank for life expectancy?
- Djibouti ranks 204th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.