Life expectancy at birth, women in Tanzania

Life expectancy at birth for women in Tanzania was 70.0 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth, women Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2024 70.0 Years
Change from 2023 +0.3% 2023: 69.8 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 175th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, women in Tanzania 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, women (years), 2000 to 2024
Period TanzaniaWorld
2024 70.0 years 76.0 years
2023 69.8 years 75.8 years
2022 69.6 years 75.5 years
2021 69.1 years 73.7 years
2020 70.0 years 74.8 years
2019 68.9 years 75.3 years
2018 68.3 years 75.1 years
2017 67.6 years 74.9 years
2016 66.8 years 74.7 years
2015 66.2 years 74.5 years
2014 65.6 years 74.3 years
2013 64.8 years 74.0 years
2012 64.2 years 73.8 years
2011 63.4 years 73.5 years
2010 62.9 years 73.2 years
2009 62.2 years 72.9 years
2008 61.6 years 72.5 years
2007 60.9 years 72.3 years
2006 60.1 years 72.0 years
2005 59.1 years 71.6 years
2004 58.2 years 71.2 years
2003 57.2 years 71.0 years
2002 56.2 years 70.7 years
2001 55.3 years 70.4 years
2000 54.3 years 70.1 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3% from 69.8 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 65.6 years, the figure has changed by +6.7%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Tanzania has the 175th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 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.FE.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Tanzania
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