Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Zimbabwe

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Zimbabwe was 62.78 years. A difference of +0.42 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Zimbabwe were 60.23 years and 65.01 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 Zimbabwe for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Zimbabwe (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Zimbabwe (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	53.49	51.08	55.96
1961	53.97	51.52	56.47
1962	54.45	51.97	56.99
1963	54.94	52.41	57.52
1964	55.43	52.87	58.04
1965	55.91	53.31	58.55
1966	56.36	53.72	59.03
1967	56.77	54.09	59.48
1968	57.15	54.42	59.89
1969	57.48	54.78	60.19
1970	57.76	55.06	60.47
1971	58	55.3	60.71
1972	58.18	55.49	60.89
1973	58.09	55.21	61.02
1974	58.19	55.31	61.14
1975	58.25	55.35	61.22
1976	57.63	54.17	61.25
1977	57	52.97	61.29
1978	54.73	49.02	61.17
1979	54.92	49.15	61.28
1980	59.06	56.18	62.15
1981	59.45	56.4	62.52
1982	59.86	56.75	62.99
1983	59.99	56.72	63.26
1984	60.62	57.35	63.91
1985	60.9	57.51	64.32
1986	60.98	57.52	64.49
1987	60.72	57.19	64.32
1988	60.24	56.75	63.84
1989	59.45	56.06	62.95
1990	58.32	55.16	61.57
1991	57.04	54.1	60.05
1992	55.6	52.91	58.35
1993	53.98	51.63	56.47
1994	52.54	50.4	54.78
1995	51.14	49.18	53.19
1996	48.98	46.94	51.14
1997	48.54	47	50.13
1998	47.55	46.02	49.16
1999	46.38	45.03	47.81
2000	46.03	44.83	47.3
2001	44.53	44	45.13
2002	45.94	45.14	46.79
2003	45.37	44.99	45.83
2004	46.04	45.66	46.51
2005	46.57	46.2	47.01
2006	47.06	46.86	47.35
2007	47.58	47.64	47.64
2008	48.46	48.25	48.75
2009	49.75	49.25	50.29
2010	51.93	51.2	52.66
2011	53.91	52.51	55.22
2012	55.39	54.07	56.61
2013	56.84	55.4	58.17
2014	58.11	56.57	59.51
2015	58.99	57.33	60.49
2016	59.76	57.94	61.4
2017	60.26	58.3	62.02
2018	60.91	58.85	62.74
2019	61.06	58.83	63.05
2020	61.53	59.09	63.75
2021	60.14	57.72	62.29
2022	62.36	59.88	64.54
2023	62.78	60.23	65.01