# Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone

Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 61.96 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `sl`
- 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/sierra-leone
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/sierra-leone.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=sl

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 61.96 |
| 2023 | 61.79 |
| 2022 | 61.28 |
| 2021 | 60.26 |
| 2020 | 59.69 |
| 2019 | 59.59 |
| 2018 | 59.06 |
| 2017 | 57.76 |
| 2016 | 56.94 |
| 2015 | 55.45 |
| 2014 | 54.28 |
| 2013 | 54.05 |
| 2012 | 53.16 |
| 2011 | 52.59 |
| 2010 | 51.93 |
| 2009 | 51.31 |
| 2008 | 50.69 |
| 2007 | 50.02 |
| 2006 | 49.55 |
| 2005 | 48.31 |
| 2004 | 47.49 |
| 2003 | 46.78 |
| 2002 | 46.17 |
| 2001 | 45.45 |
| 2000 | 44.83 |
| 1999 | 41.96 |
| 1998 | 42.71 |
| 1997 | 43.65 |
| 1996 | 43.53 |
| 1995 | 42.58 |
| 1994 | 42.81 |
| 1993 | 43.43 |
| 1992 | 43.45 |
| 1991 | 43.29 |
| 1990 | 43.72 |
| 1989 | 43.74 |
| 1988 | 43.77 |
| 1987 | 43.75 |
| 1986 | 43.5 |
| 1985 | 43.56 |
| 1984 | 43.56 |
| 1983 | 43.46 |
| 1982 | 43.3 |
| 1981 | 43.09 |
| 1980 | 42.84 |
| 1979 | 42.53 |
| 1978 | 42.19 |
| 1977 | 41.83 |
| 1976 | 41.43 |
| 1975 | 40.99 |
| 1974 | 40.41 |
| 1973 | 39.96 |
| 1972 | 39.51 |
| 1971 | 39.1 |
| 1970 | 38.62 |
| 1969 | 38.23 |
| 1968 | 37.76 |
| 1967 | 37.28 |
| 1966 | 36.64 |
| 1965 | 35.93 |
| 1964 | 35.3 |
| 1963 | 34.71 |
| 1962 | 34.16 |
| 1961 | 33.63 |
| 1960 | 33.09 |