Life expectancy in Liberia
Liberia: Life expectancy was 62.16 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Liberia, 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 Liberia is 62.16 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Liberia peaked at 62.16 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 37.64 years, in 1990.
That places Liberia 221st 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 | 38.06 years | 37.97 years | 38.11 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 38.76 years | 38.07 years | 39.99 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 42.2 years | 40.36 years | 43.89 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.29 years | 43.86 years | 44.68 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.8 years | 37.64 years | 50.41 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.82 years | 51.85 years | 59.11 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.06 years | 59.21 years | 61.23 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.63 years | 61.17 years | 62.16 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 218 Mozambique 63.61 years compare
- 219 Zimbabwe 62.77 years compare
- 220 Togo 62.74 years compare
- 222 Nauru 62.11 years compare
- 223 Cote d'Ivoire 61.94 years compare
- 224 Democratic Republic of Congo 61.9 years compare
More health data for Liberia
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 61,629 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 62,851 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 1.11 million (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 72,658 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 1.66 million (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 63,930 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 65,295 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 66,728 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 58,832 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 65,277 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Liberia?
- Life expectancy in Liberia was 62.16 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 62.16 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.64 years in 1990.
- How does Liberia rank for life expectancy?
- Liberia ranks 221st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.