Life expectancy in Eritrea
Eritrea: Life expectancy was 68.62 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Eritrea, 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
In 2023, life expectancy in Eritrea stood at 68.62 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Eritrea peaked at 68.62 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.4 years, in 1957.
Eritrea ranks 180th 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 | 33.92 years | 30.4 years | 36.97 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 39.04 years | 37.44 years | 40.79 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 41.53 years | 39 years | 43.78 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.07 years | 37.17 years | 48.09 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 52.09 years | 44.51 years | 56.16 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.28 years | 56.29 years | 63.2 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.62 years | 63.67 years | 67.31 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.58 years | 66.94 years | 68.62 years | 4 |
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More health data for Eritrea
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 41,479 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 42,246 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 42,761 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 43,818 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 41,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 42,369 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 41,041 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 43,030 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 43,810 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 35,585 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Eritrea?
- Life expectancy in Eritrea was 68.62 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 68.62 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.4 years in 1957.
- How does Eritrea rank for life expectancy?
- Eritrea ranks 180th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.