Life expectancy at birth in Eswatini

Life expectancy at birth in Eswatini was 64.3 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Eswatini, 2024 64.3 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 64.1 years
World, 2024 73.5 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 192nd of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth in Eswatini over time

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Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) (years), 2000 to 2024
Period EswatiniWorld
2024 64.3 years 73.5 years
2023 64.1 years 73.3 years
2022 63.0 years 73.0 years
2021 58.2 years 71.2 years
2020 59.9 years 72.2 years
2019 59.9 years 72.9 years
2018 58.7 years 72.6 years
2017 57.6 years 72.4 years
2016 56.2 years 72.2 years
2015 54.9 years 72.0 years
2014 53.5 years 71.8 years
2013 52.1 years 71.5 years
2012 50.7 years 71.3 years
2011 49.1 years 71.0 years
2010 48.3 years 70.7 years
2009 46.9 years 70.4 years
2008 45.9 years 70.0 years
2007 45.2 years 69.8 years
2006 44.6 years 69.5 years
2005 44.0 years 69.1 years
2004 43.9 years 68.8 years
2003 44.6 years 68.5 years
2002 45.4 years 68.2 years
2001 46.3 years 67.9 years
2000 47.6 years 67.7 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 64.1 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 53.5 years, the figure has changed by +20.1%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Eswatini has the 192nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.5 years.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.LE00.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Eswatini
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects