Ethiopia | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source
Ethiopia | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 40.33
1961 40.995
1962 41.403
1963 41.956
1964 42.275
1965 42.444
1966 40.15
1967 42.692
1968 42.844
1969 42.83
1970 42.815
1971 42.892
1972 41.55
1973 41.635
1974 39.453
1975 39.356
1976 41.895
1977 41.893
1978 41.9
1979 42.807
1980 43.217
1981 43.608
1982 43.767
1983 36.036
1984 36.429
1985 37.364
1986 37.811
1987 45.44
1988 45.061
1989 45.036
1990 44.557
1991 46.13
1992 46.901
1993 47.394
1994 47.861
1995 48.302
1996 48.924
1997 49.514
1998 49.927
1999 49.425
2000 50.538
2001 51.043
2002 51.517
2003 52.533
2004 53.235
2005 54.008
2006 55.149
2007 56.426
2008 57.592
2009 58.804
2010 59.73
2011 60.721
2012 61.543
2013 62.373
2014 62.905
2015 63.649
2016 64.392
2017 64.838
2018 65.412
2019 65.838
2020 65.371
2021 64.975
2022

Ethiopia | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source