Life expectancy in Niger
Niger: Life expectancy was 61.18 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Niger, 1921–2023
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 Niger is 61.18 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 76 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Niger peaked at 61.18 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24.35 years, in 1921.
That places Niger 226th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 76 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 24.35 years | 24.35 years | 24.35 years | 1 |
| 1940s | 34.47 years | 34.47 years | 34.47 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 35.99 years | 35.9 years | 36.14 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 36.28 years | 36 years | 36.46 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 36.77 years | 35.29 years | 38.89 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 40.16 years | 39.34 years | 41.19 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.07 years | 41.73 years | 48.48 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.86 years | 49.17 years | 56.49 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.71 years | 57.08 years | 60.03 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.25 years | 59.54 years | 61.18 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 223 Cote d'Ivoire 61.94 years compare
- 224 Democratic Republic of Congo 61.9 years compare
- 225 Sierra Leone 61.79 years compare
- 227 Burkina Faso 61.09 years compare
- 228 Benin 60.77 years compare
- 229 Guinea 60.74 years compare
More health data for Niger
- Population ages 15-64, male 51.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 264,524 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 274,669 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 95.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 348,276 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 335,796 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 14.28 million (2025)
- Age population, age 22, female, interpolated 253,021 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 231,501 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 251,401 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Niger?
- Life expectancy in Niger was 61.18 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 61.18 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.35 years in 1921.
- How does Niger rank for life expectancy?
- Niger ranks 226th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.