The Gambia - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy improves in The Gambia

In 1997 the life expectancy in The Gambia increased to 55.23 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 57.27 years and for men 53.3 years.

The Gambia’s position improvened with respect to the 195 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 164th in 1996 to 162th in 1997.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in The Gambia over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 1996, when it was 54.85 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 1987, when it was 49.39 years.

In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in The Gambia. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about The Gambia in Gambian economy.

The Gambia - Life expectancy at birth

Date	Life expectancy - Women	Life expectancy - Men	Life expectancy
1997	57.27	53.30	55.23
1996	56.84	52.98	54.85
1995	56.22	52.49	54.29
1994	55.54	52.10	53.77
1993	54.88	51.53	53.15
1992	54.06	50.99	52.48
1991	53.27	50.52	51.86
1990	52.63	50.00	51.28
1989	51.99	49.53	50.73
1988	51.41	48.95	50.15
1987	50.53	48.31	49.39
1986	49.89	47.76	48.80
1985	49.19	47.17	48.15
1984	48.55	46.53	47.51
1983	47.91	45.92	46.89
1982	47.18	45.36	46.25
1981	46.44	42.59	44.49
1980	45.94	44.05	44.98
1979	45.62	43.45	44.52
1978	44.57	42.61	43.57
1977	44.40	42.35	43.37
1976	43.87	41.90	42.88
1975	43.16	41.25	42.19
1974	42.55	40.81	41.68
1973	42.03	40.16	41.09
1972	41.43	39.68	40.55
1971	40.93	39.18	40.05
1970	40.38	38.70	39.53
1969	39.81	38.21	39.00
1968	39.32	37.76	38.53
1967	38.87	37.27	38.06
1966	38.34	36.78	37.56
1965	37.86	36.39	37.12
1964	37.36	35.80	36.58
1963	36.87	35.30	36.09
1962	36.38	34.82	35.60
1961	35.81	34.31	35.06
1960	35.31	33.84	34.57

The Gambia - Life expectancy at birth