Life expectancy at birth, men in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Life expectancy at birth for men in Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 56.5 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth, men Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 56.5 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 56.4 years
World, 2024 71.1 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 212th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, men 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, men (years), 2000 to 2024
Period Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2024 56.5 years 71.1 years
2023 56.4 years 71.0 years
2022 51.8 years 70.6 years
2021 53.7 years 68.8 years
2020 55.1 years 69.7 years
2019 55.2 years 70.5 years
2018 52.7 years 70.3 years
2017 50.2 years 70.0 years
2016 53.1 years 69.8 years
2015 53.0 years 69.6 years
2014 52.4 years 69.4 years
2013 52.1 years 69.2 years
2012 47.3 years 68.9 years
2011 31.3 years 68.6 years
2010 47.1 years 68.4 years
2009 50.5 years 68.0 years
2008 49.8 years 67.7 years
2007 49.2 years 67.5 years
2006 49.3 years 67.1 years
2005 49.4 years 66.8 years
2004 49.2 years 66.5 years
2003 49.2 years 66.2 years
2002 49.4 years 65.9 years
2001 49.4 years 65.7 years
2000 49.3 years 65.4 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 56.4 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 52.4 years, the figure has changed by +7.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 212th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.1 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.MA.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