Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Samoa

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Samoa was 71.7 years. A difference of +0.15 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Samoa were 69.86 years and 73.66 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 Samoa for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Samoa (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Samoa (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	55.15	53.05	57.59
1961	55.74	53.62	58.18
1962	56.32	54.16	58.81
1963	56.86	54.69	59.36
1964	54.04	52.64	55.61
1965	57.89	55.69	60.41
1966	58.23	56.06	60.7
1967	58.88	56.63	61.45
1968	59.38	57.11	61.98
1969	59.88	57.6	62.51
1970	60.39	58.08	63.05
1971	60.88	58.54	63.59
1972	61.36	59.02	64.08
1973	61.86	59.48	64.64
1974	62.34	59.92	65.17
1975	62.84	60.42	65.67
1976	63.3	60.85	66.17
1977	63.74	61.26	66.64
1978	64.13	61.59	67.11
1979	64.54	61.98	67.54
1980	64.96	62.39	67.96
1981	65.3	62.68	68.35
1982	65.65	62.99	68.75
1983	65.99	63.35	69.11
1984	66.28	63.64	69.44
1985	66.56	63.91	69.76
1986	66.82	64.18	70.07
1987	67.05	64.39	70.36
1988	67.33	64.65	70.64
1989	67.61	64.9	70.92
1990	67.81	65.13	71.04
1991	68.04	65.35	71.24
1992	68.53	65.78	71.78
1993	68.82	66.03	72.09
1994	69.16	66.36	72.43
1995	69.47	66.66	72.74
1996	69.77	66.95	73.03
1997	70.05	67.23	73.29
1998	70.31	67.5	73.52
1999	70.56	67.76	73.74
2000	70.79	68.02	73.94
2001	71.03	68.28	74.14
2002	71.23	68.51	74.3
2003	71.44	68.73	74.48
2004	71.51	68.84	74.48
2005	71.49	68.85	74.42
2006	71.62	68.98	74.54
2007	71.61	69	74.48
2008	71.53	69	74.31
2009	69.49	67.31	71.85
2010	71.45	69	74.12
2011	71.39	69.01	73.97
2012	71.16	68.9	73.58
2013	71.23	69.02	73.6
2014	71.14	69.03	73.4
2015	71.06	69.03	73.23
2016	71	69.05	73.09
2017	70.99	69.09	73.01
2018	71.05	69.2	73.03
2019	70.27	68.47	72.19
2020	70.73	68.76	72.88
2021	71.1	69.31	73.02
2022	71.55	69.74	73.49
2023	71.7	69.86	73.66