What is life expectancy in Gambia?

Life expectancy in Gambia was 65.86 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 Gambia?

The highest recorded value was 65.86 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Gambia?

The lowest recorded value was 31.16 years in 1950.

How does Gambia rank for life expectancy?

Gambia ranks 205th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Gambia?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Gambia 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.

Life expectancy in Gambia

Name: Life expectancy in Gambia
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Gambia: Life expectancy was 65.86 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

65.86 years

Change on year

up 1.5%

World rank

205th

of 236 countries

All-time high

65.86 years

in 2023

All-time low

31.16 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Gambia, 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 Gambia is 65.86 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Gambia peaked at 65.86 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31.16 years, in 1950.

Gambia ranks 205th 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	32.44 years	31.16 years	34.09 years	10
1960s	36.82 years	34.57 years	39 years	10
1970s	41.94 years	39.53 years	44.52 years	10
1980s	47.73 years	44.49 years	50.72 years	10
1990s	53.94 years	51.28 years	56.47 years	10
2000s	58.89 years	56.9 years	60.73 years	10
2010s	62.8 years	61.17 years	64.43 years	10
2020s	64.75 years	63.85 years	65.86 years	4

Countries ranked near Gambia

202 Papua New Guinea 66.13 years compare
203 Afghanistan 66.03 years compare
204 Djibouti 65.99 years compare
206 Congo 65.77 years compare
207 Ghana 65.5 years compare
208 Palestine 65.17 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Gambia

Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 36,874 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 33,027 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 34,753 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 34,136 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 35,962 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 35,309 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 36,495 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 36,511 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 37,219 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 33,602 (2025)

All data for Gambia →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Gambia?: Life expectancy in Gambia was 65.86 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 Gambia?: The highest recorded value was 65.86 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Gambia?: The lowest recorded value was 31.16 years in 1950.
How does Gambia rank for life expectancy?: Gambia ranks 205th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Gambia?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gambia 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

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.