Life expectancy at birth in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Life expectancy at birth in Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 59.0 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
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 59.0 Years
Change from 2023 +0.3% 2023: 58.8 years
World, 2024 73.5 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 212th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2024 59.0 years 73.5 years
2023 58.8 years 73.3 years
2022 53.9 years 73.0 years
2021 55.7 years 71.2 years
2020 57.1 years 72.2 years
2019 57.2 years 72.9 years
2018 54.8 years 72.6 years
2017 52.2 years 72.4 years
2016 55.3 years 72.2 years
2015 55.1 years 72.0 years
2014 54.4 years 71.8 years
2013 54.0 years 71.5 years
2012 49.1 years 71.3 years
2011 32.5 years 71.0 years
2010 48.9 years 70.7 years
2009 52.1 years 70.4 years
2008 51.5 years 70.0 years
2007 50.9 years 69.8 years
2006 50.9 years 69.5 years
2005 50.9 years 69.1 years
2004 50.7 years 68.8 years
2003 50.7 years 68.5 years
2002 50.8 years 68.2 years
2001 50.8 years 67.9 years
2000 50.7 years 67.7 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3% from 58.8 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.4 years, the figure has changed by +8.3%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 212th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.5 years.

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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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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