What is life expectancy in Tunisia?

Life expectancy in Tunisia was 76.51 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 Tunisia?

The highest recorded value was 76.51 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Tunisia?

The lowest recorded value was 28.8 years in 1923.

How does Tunisia rank for life expectancy?

Tunisia ranks 101st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Tunisia?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Tunisia 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 Tunisia

Name: Life expectancy in Tunisia
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)

Tunisia: Life expectancy was 76.51 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

76.51 years

Change on year

up 0.6%

World rank

101st

of 236 countries

All-time high

76.51 years

in 2023

All-time low

28.8 years

in 1923

Years of data

1923–2023

Life expectancy in Tunisia, 1923–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Tunisia recorded 76.51 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 77 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Tunisia peaked at 76.51 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28.8 years, in 1923.

Tunisia ranks 101st of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 77 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1920s	28.8 years	28.8 years	28.8 years	1
1930s	31.22 years	31.22 years	31.22 years	1
1940s	33.72 years	33.72 years	33.72 years	1
1950s	40.62 years	38.22 years	43.36 years	10
1960s	47.87 years	44.05 years	52.3 years	10
1970s	58.61 years	53.79 years	62.93 years	10
1980s	66.46 years	63.67 years	68.83 years	10
1990s	70.66 years	69.09 years	72.34 years	10
2000s	73.55 years	72.6 years	74.32 years	10
2010s	74.9 years	74.44 years	75.6 years	10
2020s	75.11 years	72.89 years	76.51 years	4

Countries ranked near Tunisia

98 Serbia 76.77 years compare
99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.76 years compare
100 Malaysia 76.66 years compare
102 Thailand 76.41 years compare
103 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.37 years compare
104 Aruba 76.35 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Tunisia

Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 98,752 (2025)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 81,640 (2025)
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 90,017 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 84,228 (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 94,113 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 87,868 (2025)
Age dependency ratio 50.4% (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 92,005 (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 98,985 (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 87,057 (2025)

All data for Tunisia →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Tunisia?: Life expectancy in Tunisia was 76.51 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 Tunisia?: The highest recorded value was 76.51 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Tunisia?: The lowest recorded value was 28.8 years in 1923.
How does Tunisia rank for life expectancy?: Tunisia ranks 101st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Tunisia?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia 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.