COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Chad Life Expectancy
Chad life expectancy: latest available value for 2024, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.DYN.LE00.IN| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55,24 | 0,17 |
| 2023 | 55,07 | 0,54 |
| 2022 | 54,53 | 1,39 |
| 2021 | 53,14 | 0,05 |
| 2020 | 53,08 | 0,09 |
| 2019 | 52,99 | 0,55 |
| 2018 | 52,45 | 0,57 |
| 2017 | 51,88 | 0,27 |
| 2016 | 51,60 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: 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.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices.; Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesChad recorded 55,24 years in 2024, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2023, the life expectancy increased by 0,17.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 9 observations from 2016 to 2024, the average was 53,33; the minimum was 51,60 in 2016 and the maximum was 55,24 in 2024.
Chad ranks 216 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Population health and social development.