What is life expectancy in Zimbabwe?

Life expectancy in Zimbabwe was 62.77 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 Zimbabwe?

The highest recorded value was 62.77 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Zimbabwe?

The lowest recorded value was 44.52 years in 2001.

How does Zimbabwe rank for life expectancy?

Zimbabwe ranks 219th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Zimbabwe?

Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe

Name: Life expectancy in Zimbabwe
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)

Zimbabwe: Life expectancy was 62.77 years in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

62.77 years

Change on year

up 0.7%

World rank

219th

of 236 countries

All-time high

62.77 years

in 2023

All-time low

44.52 years

in 2001

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Zimbabwe, 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

Zimbabwe recorded 62.77 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Zimbabwe peaked at 62.77 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.52 years, in 2001.

Zimbabwe ranks 219th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	51.22 years	49.42 years	53.02 years	10
1960s	55.59 years	53.49 years	57.48 years	10
1970s	57.27 years	54.73 years	58.25 years	10
1980s	60.13 years	59.06 years	60.98 years	10
1990s	52.01 years	46.38 years	58.32 years	10
2000s	46.73 years	44.52 years	49.75 years	10
2010s	57.71 years	51.93 years	61.06 years	10
2020s	61.7 years	60.13 years	62.77 years	4

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

216 Kenya 63.65 years compare
217 Madagascar 63.63 years compare
218 Mozambique 63.61 years compare
220 Togo 62.74 years compare
221 Liberia 62.16 years compare
222 Nauru 62.11 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Zimbabwe

Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 230,104 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 224,382 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 222,324 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 230,154 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 228,081 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 232,211 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 230,074 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 222,905 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 603,698 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 3.6% (2025)

All data for Zimbabwe →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Zimbabwe?: Life expectancy in Zimbabwe was 62.77 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 Zimbabwe?: The highest recorded value was 62.77 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Zimbabwe?: The lowest recorded value was 44.52 years in 2001.
How does Zimbabwe rank for life expectancy?: Zimbabwe ranks 219th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Zimbabwe?: Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Zimbabwe 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.