Life expectancy in Senegal
Senegal: Life expectancy was 68.68 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Senegal, 1927–2023
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 Senegal is 68.68 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 77 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Senegal peaked at 68.68 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.9 years, in 1927.
That places Senegal 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 77 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 23.9 years | 23.9 years | 23.9 years | 1 |
| 1930s | 26.4 years | 26.4 years | 26.4 years | 1 |
| 1940s | 28.8 years | 28.8 years | 28.8 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 38.22 years | 36.5 years | 39.53 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 39.88 years | 39.67 years | 40.4 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 43.79 years | 40.79 years | 47.48 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.24 years | 48.29 years | 56.21 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.18 years | 56.67 years | 57.48 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.69 years | 57.62 years | 63.75 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.12 years | 64.22 years | 67.67 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.71 years | 66.87 years | 68.68 years | 4 |
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More health data for Senegal
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 216,834 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 231,038 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 213,650 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 234,082 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 215,721 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 690,291 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 236,344 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 239,590 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 241,197 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 218,117 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Senegal?
- Life expectancy in Senegal was 68.68 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 68.68 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.9 years in 1927.
- How does Senegal rank for life expectancy?
- Senegal ranks 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.