Life Expectancy of Eswatini
Created on April 3, 2021.
Updated on May 15, 2023.

The total life expectancy at birth for Eswatini was 57.07 years in 2021, a difference of -2.62 years compared to 2020, according to recent data from the World Bank. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Eswatini were 53.37 years and 61.25 years respectively in 2021.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Eswatini for 1960-2021.

Data Source: World Bank.
Life Expectancy of Eswatini (Years)
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Male
Female
Life Expectancy of Eswatini (Years)
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Year Total (Yrs) Male (Yrs) Female (Yrs)
1960 45.81 44.25 47.33
1961 46.19 44.62 47.71
1962 46.61 45.00 48.17
1963 46.85 45.29 48.35
1964 47.34 45.77 48.82
1965 47.91 46.27 49.46
1966 48.56 46.86 50.17
1967 49.13 47.42 50.74
1968 49.75 48.01 51.38
1969 50.32 48.48 52.04
1970 50.80 48.96 52.53
1971 51.31 49.48 53.01
1972 51.82 50.09 53.42
1973 52.47 50.85 53.96
1974 53.09 51.50 54.54
1975 53.82 52.25 55.26
1976 54.66 53.03 56.14
1977 55.60 53.82 57.21
1978 56.48 54.67 58.11
1979 57.27 55.40 58.96
1980 57.85 55.99 59.52
1981 58.39 56.51 60.09
1982 59.02 57.09 60.76
1983 58.17 56.32 59.84
1984 60.00 58.16 61.66
1985 60.79 58.95 62.45
1986 61.44 59.61 63.09
1987 62.04 60.19 63.72
1988 62.67 60.72 64.45
1989 62.93 61.04 64.66
1990 63.07 60.92 65.06
1991 62.69 60.36 64.87
1992 61.74 59.19 64.16
1993 60.23 57.48 62.90
1994 58.27 55.32 61.15
1995 56.15 53.07 59.15
1996 53.87 50.96 56.70
1997 52.04 49.17 54.84
1998 50.33 47.46 53.14
1999 48.73 46.19 51.19
2000 47.26 45.10 49.32
2001 45.98 43.75 48.13
2002 44.49 42.30 46.62
2003 43.35 41.65 44.97
2004 42.54 41.05 43.95
2005 42.13 40.83 43.36
2006 43.12 41.53 44.67
2007 43.64 42.08 45.16
2008 44.18 42.60 45.72
2009 44.64 43.55 45.66
2010 46.62 44.92 48.31
2011 48.20 46.24 50.18
2012 49.84 47.70 52.02
2013 51.49 49.08 53.99
2014 53.05 50.32 55.92
2015 55.02 52.06 58.13
2016 56.66 53.47 60.03
2017 57.90 54.47 61.54
2018 59.41 55.88 63.17
2019 60.55 56.98 64.35
2020 59.69 56.03 63.68
2021 57.07 53.37 61.25