Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Eswatini

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Eswatini was 64.12 years. A difference of +1.09 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Eswatini were 61.19 years and 66.95 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

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 recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Eswatini (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Eswatini (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	46.39	44.91	47.82
1961	46.75	45.24	48.2
1962	47.15	45.6	48.63
1963	47.47	45.93	48.94
1964	47.92	46.37	49.4
1965	48.43	46.83	49.95
1966	48.99	47.36	50.54
1967	49.53	47.87	51.09
1968	50.08	48.39	51.69
1969	50.64	48.91	52.27
1970	51.21	49.43	52.88
1971	51.78	49.97	53.48
1972	52.35	50.58	54.01
1973	52.99	51.26	54.6
1974	53.66	51.94	55.26
1975	54.4	52.7	55.98
1976	55.17	53.56	56.65
1977	55.97	54.27	57.53
1978	56.79	55.05	58.37
1979	57.54	55.77	59.15
1980	58.23	56.41	59.89
1981	58.79	56.91	60.5
1982	59.47	57.53	61.23
1983	58.42	56.54	60.13
1984	60.44	58.57	62.14
1985	61.17	59.23	62.92
1986	61.6	59.59	63.44
1987	61.9	59.73	63.9
1988	61.93	59.65	64.06
1989	61.67	59.31	63.88
1990	61.17	58.79	63.42
1991	60.39	58.05	62.62
1992	59.28	57.04	61.43
1993	58.09	55.99	60.11
1994	56.64	54.71	58.5
1995	55.08	53.34	56.74
1996	53.3	51.76	54.76
1997	51.7	50.22	53.1
1998	50.07	48.65	51.41
1999	48.81	47.41	50.13
2000	47.63	46.33	48.85
2001	46.34	45.02	47.6
2002	45.38	43.79	46.92
2003	44.63	43.22	45.98
2004	43.91	42.78	44.97
2005	43.96	42.77	45.1
2006	44.56	43.01	46.08
2007	45.16	43.6	46.68
2008	45.85	44.68	46.97
2009	46.91	45.76	48.01
2010	48.33	46.9	49.7
2011	49.06	47.61	50.44
2012	50.71	48.84	52.53
2013	52.11	50.06	54.11
2014	53.49	51.32	55.61
2015	54.94	52.62	57.2
2016	56.23	53.71	58.7
2017	57.57	54.92	60.2
2018	58.71	55.98	61.39
2019	59.85	57.11	62.54
2020	59.86	56.92	62.79
2021	58.23	55.15	61.39
2022	63.03	60.11	65.86
2023	64.12	61.19	66.95