# Life expectancy at birth in Zambia

Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 66.53 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 66.53 |
| 2023 | 66.35 |
| 2022 | 65.28 |
| 2021 | 62.36 |
| 2020 | 63.36 |
| 2019 | 62.91 |
| 2018 | 62.14 |
| 2017 | 61.56 |
| 2016 | 61.13 |
| 2015 | 60.73 |
| 2014 | 60.11 |
| 2013 | 59.45 |
| 2012 | 58.7 |
| 2011 | 57.84 |
| 2010 | 56.9 |
| 2009 | 55.89 |
| 2008 | 54.84 |
| 2007 | 53.73 |
| 2006 | 52.69 |
| 2005 | 51.62 |
| 2004 | 50.54 |
| 2003 | 49.62 |
| 2002 | 48.46 |
| 2001 | 47.41 |
| 2000 | 46.58 |
| 1999 | 45.92 |
| 1998 | 45.71 |
| 1997 | 45.74 |
| 1996 | 45.76 |
| 1995 | 46.05 |
| 1994 | 46.34 |
| 1993 | 46.68 |
| 1992 | 46.97 |
| 1991 | 47.44 |
| 1990 | 48.2 |
| 1989 | 48.88 |
| 1988 | 49.67 |
| 1987 | 50.42 |
| 1986 | 51.15 |
| 1985 | 52 |
| 1984 | 52.88 |
| 1983 | 53.67 |
| 1982 | 54.36 |
| 1981 | 54.99 |
| 1980 | 55.5 |
| 1979 | 56.05 |
| 1978 | 56.34 |
| 1977 | 56.28 |
| 1976 | 56.1 |
| 1975 | 55.74 |
| 1974 | 55.38 |
| 1973 | 54.91 |
| 1972 | 54.38 |
| 1971 | 53.89 |
| 1970 | 53.4 |
| 1969 | 53.04 |
| 1968 | 52.72 |
| 1967 | 52.51 |
| 1966 | 52.29 |
| 1965 | 52.08 |
| 1964 | 51.17 |
| 1963 | 51.61 |
| 1962 | 51.33 |
| 1961 | 51.04 |
| 1960 | 50.65 |