Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Mozambique

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Mozambique was 63.61 years. A difference of +0.6 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Mozambique were 60.3 years and 66.54 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 Mozambique for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Mozambique (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Mozambique (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	41.2	39.81	42.52
1961	41.5	40.14	42.8
1962	41.76	40.4	43.07
1963	41.96	40.58	43.28
1964	41.66	40.1	43.18
1965	41.79	40.22	43.33
1966	41.84	40.21	43.43
1967	41.95	40.35	43.53
1968	42.1	40.54	43.63
1969	42.27	40.74	43.77
1970	42.46	41.03	43.87
1971	42.58	41.24	43.89
1972	42.52	41.01	44.02
1973	42.72	41.27	44.16
1974	43.21	42.09	44.3
1975	43.82	42.98	44.63
1976	43.92	43.11	44.71
1977	43.92	43.07	44.75
1978	43.96	43.09	44.82
1979	43.91	43.04	44.78
1980	43.99	43.1	44.87
1981	41.64	40.65	42.62
1982	41.68	40.59	42.75
1983	41.6	40.47	42.71
1984	38.9	35.35	42.48
1985	38.98	35.44	42.58
1986	40.95	37.22	44.75
1987	41	37.25	44.85
1988	43.69	42.09	45.25
1989	43.89	42.28	45.46
1990	44.34	42.87	45.77
1991	44.71	43.23	46.14
1992	45.1	43.64	46.5
1993	45.68	44.29	47.01
1994	46.09	44.74	47.37
1995	46.55	45.24	47.79
1996	47.12	45.81	48.36
1997	47.8	46.38	49.13
1998	48.21	46.92	49.41
1999	48.84	47.58	49.99
2000	49.48	48.21	50.62
2001	50.26	48.9	51.49
2002	50.88	49.42	52.19
2003	51.38	49.96	52.65
2004	51.86	50.46	53.08
2005	52.32	50.96	53.52
2006	52.75	51.41	53.91
2007	53.26	51.89	54.43
2008	53.8	52.38	55.01
2009	54.4	52.9	55.68
2010	55.04	53.44	56.4
2011	55.73	54.01	57.2
2012	56.46	54.6	58.04
2013	57.19	55.18	58.9
2014	57.97	55.82	59.79
2015	58.71	56.44	60.66
2016	59.46	57.05	61.52
2017	60.15	57.62	62.33
2018	60.79	58.13	63.09
2019	61.31	58.52	63.74
2020	61.39	58.24	64.17
2021	60.27	57.08	63.14
2022	63.01	59.78	65.87
2023	63.61	60.3	66.54