Life Expectancy at Birth: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's life expectancy at birth is currently 63.064 years as of 2024. # Zimbabwe Life Expectancy at Birth Zimbabwe's life expectancy reached 63.
Current (2024)
63.064 years
+0.5% y/y
Peak (2024)
63.064 years
Low (2001)
44.525 years
Source
World Bank World Development Indicators
1960–2024 · 65 pts
Life Expectancy at Birth — Zimbabwe
1960 — 2024
Life Expectancy at Birth — Zimbabwe
Analysis# Zimbabwe Life Expectancy at Birth
Zimbabwe's life expectancy reached 63.064 years in 2024, marking its all-time high since records began in 1960. This represents a 17.9% improvement over the past 64 years, though the country's health trajectory has been marked by severe disruption. The metric plummeted to a devastating low of 44.525 years in 2001, reflecting the combined impact of economic collapse and the HIV/AIDS epidemic during that period.
Recovery has been consistent since 2001, with life expectancy climbing nearly 19 years over two decades. A slight dip in 2021 interrupted the upward momentum, but gains resumed sharply in 2022 and 2023. The sustained improvement from 2015 onward—rising from 58.989 to 63.064 years—suggests strengthening public health interventions and economic stabilization are yielding measurable results in population health outcomes.
Historical Data
65 Rows| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63.064 years | +0.46% |
| 2023 | 62.775 years | +0.67% |
| 2022 | 62.36 years | +3.70% |
| 2021 | 60.135 years | -2.27% |
| 2020 | 61.53 years | +0.77% |
| 2019 | 61.06 years | +0.25% |
| 2018 | 60.906 years | +1.07% |
| 2017 | 60.263 years | +0.84% |
| 2016 | 59.76 years | +1.31% |
| 2015 | 58.989 years | +1.52% |
| 2014 | 58.106 years | +2.22% |
| 2013 | 56.842 years | +2.63% |
| 2012 | 55.386 years | +2.74% |
| 2011 | 53.911 years | +3.82% |
| 2010 | 51.925 years | +4.37% |
| 2009 | 49.75 years | +2.67% |
| 2008 | 48.456 years | +1.85% |
| 2007 | 47.576 years | +1.11% |
| 2006 | 47.056 years | +1.04% |
| 2005 | 46.57 years | +1.14% |
Show all 65 rows
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 46.043 years | +1.48% |
| 2003 | 45.373 years | -1.23% |
| 2002 | 45.938 years | +3.17% |
| 2001 | 44.525 years | -3.28% |
| 2000 | 46.034 years | -0.74% |
| 1999 | 46.379 years | -2.46% |
| 1998 | 47.551 years | -2.03% |
| 1997 | 48.536 years | -0.91% |
| 1996 | 48.981 years | -4.23% |
| 1995 | 51.144 years | -2.65% |
| 1994 | 52.537 years | -2.67% |
| 1993 | 53.976 years | -2.92% |
| 1992 | 55.602 years | -2.52% |
| 1991 | 57.037 years | -2.20% |
| 1990 | 58.319 years | -1.90% |
| 1989 | 59.446 years | -1.32% |
| 1988 | 60.241 years | -0.80% |
| 1987 | 60.724 years | -0.42% |
| 1986 | 60.982 years | +0.13% |
| 1985 | 60.901 years | +0.46% |
| 1984 | 60.622 years | +1.06% |
| 1983 | 59.989 years | +0.22% |
| 1982 | 59.859 years | +0.69% |
| 1981 | 59.446 years | +0.65% |
| 1980 | 59.062 years | +7.55% |
| 1979 | 54.918 years | +0.34% |
| 1978 | 54.73 years | -3.98% |
| 1977 | 56.996 years | -1.10% |
| 1976 | 57.628 years | -1.07% |
| 1975 | 58.249 years | +0.09% |
| 1974 | 58.194 years | +0.18% |
| 1973 | 58.087 years | -0.15% |
| 1972 | 58.175 years | +0.31% |
| 1971 | 57.996 years | +0.41% |
| 1970 | 57.761 years | +0.49% |
| 1969 | 57.481 years | +0.59% |
| 1968 | 57.145 years | +0.67% |
| 1967 | 56.766 years | +0.72% |
| 1966 | 56.359 years | +0.81% |
| 1965 | 55.905 years | +0.86% |
| 1964 | 55.431 years | +0.89% |
| 1963 | 54.942 years | +0.90% |
| 1962 | 54.453 years | +0.90% |
| 1961 | 53.966 years | +0.89% |
| 1960 | 53.492 years | — |
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