# Life expectancy at birth in Benin

Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 60.96 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `bj`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/benin
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/benin.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=bj

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 60.96 |
| 2023 | 60.77 |
| 2022 | 60.48 |
| 2021 | 59.61 |
| 2020 | 60.15 |
| 2019 | 59.89 |
| 2018 | 59.71 |
| 2017 | 59.53 |
| 2016 | 59.28 |
| 2015 | 59.12 |
| 2014 | 59.01 |
| 2013 | 58.86 |
| 2012 | 58.56 |
| 2011 | 58.46 |
| 2010 | 58.39 |
| 2009 | 58.26 |
| 2008 | 58.1 |
| 2007 | 58.25 |
| 2006 | 57.97 |
| 2005 | 57.74 |
| 2004 | 57.35 |
| 2003 | 57.09 |
| 2002 | 56.85 |
| 2001 | 56.65 |
| 2000 | 56.59 |
| 1999 | 56.34 |
| 1998 | 56.15 |
| 1997 | 55.99 |
| 1996 | 55.65 |
| 1995 | 55.37 |
| 1994 | 54.99 |
| 1993 | 54.61 |
| 1992 | 54.14 |
| 1991 | 53.44 |
| 1990 | 53.02 |
| 1989 | 52.45 |
| 1988 | 52.02 |
| 1987 | 51.26 |
| 1986 | 50.63 |
| 1985 | 49.96 |
| 1984 | 49.4 |
| 1983 | 48.85 |
| 1982 | 48.49 |
| 1981 | 48.12 |
| 1980 | 47.75 |
| 1979 | 47.36 |
| 1978 | 46.94 |
| 1977 | 46.5 |
| 1976 | 45.95 |
| 1975 | 45.41 |
| 1974 | 44.88 |
| 1973 | 44.44 |
| 1972 | 43.93 |
| 1971 | 43.39 |
| 1970 | 43.03 |
| 1969 | 42.59 |
| 1968 | 42.18 |
| 1967 | 41.76 |
| 1966 | 41.27 |
| 1965 | 40.97 |
| 1964 | 40.5 |
| 1963 | 40.08 |
| 1962 | 39.64 |
| 1961 | 39.23 |
| 1960 | 38.78 |