What is life expectancy in Tanzania?

Life expectancy in Tanzania was 67 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 Tanzania?

The highest recorded value was 67 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Tanzania?

The lowest recorded value was 41.03 years in 1950.

How does Tanzania rank for life expectancy?

Tanzania ranks 194th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Tanzania?

Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Tanzania 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 Tanzania

Name: Life expectancy in Tanzania
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)

Tanzania: Life expectancy was 67 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

67 years

Change on year

up 0.2%

World rank

194th

of 236 countries

All-time high

67 years

in 2023

All-time low

41.03 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Tanzania, 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

Tanzania recorded 67 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Tanzania peaked at 67 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.03 years, in 1950.

Tanzania ranks 194th 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	41.75 years	41.03 years	42.45 years	10
1960s	44.27 years	42.6 years	46.04 years	10
1970s	48.67 years	46.49 years	50.79 years	10
1980s	52.02 years	51.27 years	52.22 years	10
1990s	51.51 years	51 years	52.4 years	10
2000s	57.09 years	53.24 years	60.49 years	10
2010s	63.6 years	61.13 years	66.01 years	10
2020s	66.69 years	66.13 years	67 years	4

Countries ranked near Tanzania

191 Ethiopia 67.31 years compare
192 Micronesia (country) 67.2 years compare
193 Tuvalu 67.1 years compare
195 Marshall Islands 66.95 years compare
196 Myanmar 66.89 years compare
197 Comoros 66.78 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Tanzania

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 855,085 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 814,938 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 803,812 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 836,076 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 823,715 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.15 million (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 868,841 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 925,747 (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 951,431 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 909,334 (2025)

All data for Tanzania →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Tanzania?: Life expectancy in Tanzania was 67 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 Tanzania?: The highest recorded value was 67 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Tanzania?: The lowest recorded value was 41.03 years in 1950.
How does Tanzania rank for life expectancy?: Tanzania ranks 194th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Tanzania?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania 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.