Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Somalia

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Somalia was 58.82 years. A difference of +4.89 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Somalia were 56.35 years and 61.39 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 Somalia for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Somalia (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Somalia (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	43.54	42.1	45.02
1961	43.67	42.21	45.15
1962	43.97	42.51	45.46
1963	44.19	42.74	45.69
1964	44.39	42.94	45.88
1965	44.63	43.17	46.12
1966	44.84	43.39	46.34
1967	45.05	43.6	46.54
1968	45.25	43.8	46.75
1969	45.45	44	46.95
1970	45.64	44.19	47.14
1971	45.84	44.39	47.33
1972	46.03	44.58	47.53
1973	46.22	44.77	47.72
1974	44.26	42.85	45.71
1975	44.49	43.08	45.94
1976	44.73	43.32	46.18
1977	47	45.56	48.49
1978	47.01	45.42	48.67
1979	47.41	45.97	48.89
1980	47.61	46.18	49.09
1981	47.82	46.39	49.29
1982	48.02	46.59	49.5
1983	48.23	46.8	49.7
1984	48.44	47.01	49.91
1985	48.28	46.88	49.72
1986	48.43	47.02	49.89
1987	49	47.56	50.49
1988	43.93	39.86	48.78
1989	46.65	42.94	50.88
1990	46.9	43.13	51.19
1991	25.42	23.72	27.34
1992	25.03	23.88	26.25
1993	50.55	49.05	52.06
1994	50.3	48.81	51.81
1995	50.65	49.09	52.23
1996	50.52	48.97	52.1
1997	50.28	48.8	51.77
1998	50.76	49.31	52.22
1999	50.61	49.15	52.09
2000	50.75	49.33	52.18
2001	50.83	49.41	52.27
2002	50.82	49.4	52.26
2003	50.72	49.23	52.23
2004	50.69	49.16	52.23
2005	50.89	49.39	52.42
2006	50.92	49.31	52.56
2007	50.89	49.22	52.6
2008	51.46	49.77	53.19
2009	52.1	50.5	53.73
2010	48.9	47.07	50.8
2011	32.45	31.29	33.65
2012	49.14	47.32	51.02
2013	54.02	52.12	55.96
2014	54.44	52.39	56.56
2015	55.06	53.04	57.14
2016	55.28	53.1	57.55
2017	52.19	50.18	54.28
2018	54.77	52.69	56.91
2019	57.25	55.24	59.31
2020	57.1	55.08	59.18
2021	55.7	53.72	57.75
2022	53.93	51.79	56.16
2023	58.82	56.35	61.39