Life expectancy in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Life expectancy was 70.07 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Turkmenistan, 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 Turkmenistan is 70.07 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Turkmenistan peaked at 70.07 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.1 years, in 1950.
That places Turkmenistan 169th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 49.96 years | 48.1 years | 51.77 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 53.85 years | 52.15 years | 55.69 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 57.27 years | 56.05 years | 59.12 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.41 years | 60.18 years | 63.78 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 63.77 years | 63.51 years | 64.47 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.34 years | 64.93 years | 68.16 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.05 years | 68.61 years | 69.4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.55 years | 68.85 years | 70.07 years | 4 |
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More health data for Turkmenistan
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 64.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 72,225 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 70,259 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 75,719 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 2.39 million (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 76,461 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 78,597 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 81,358 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 4.87 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Turkmenistan?
- Life expectancy in Turkmenistan was 70.07 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 Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 70.07 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.1 years in 1950.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for life expectancy?
- Turkmenistan ranks 169th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.