Life expectancy in Namibia

Name: Life expectancy in Namibia
Creator: Our World in Data
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67.4

years at birth · 2023

187th highest of 235 countries

In 2013: 58.5

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Nearby in the ranking

Rwanda 67.8
Timor-Leste 67.7
Pakistan 67.6
Namibia 67.4
Malawi 67.4
Fiji 67.3
Ethiopia 67.3

More about Namibia

Child deaths (under 5)
Mothers dying in childbirth
Health spending per person
Measles vaccination
Overweight adults
Stunted children
Overweight children
Homes with piped water
Homes with a flush toilet
All figures for Namibia

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About the data

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.

Unit: years at birth
Years: 1950–2023
Data as of: 2026-09-28
Source: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0
Credit: Our World in Data; Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0