The Life expectancy at birth in Chad attained a value of 60 years in 2024
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.73% between 2021 to 2024, and is expected to grow by...
GlobalData projects the figure to grow at a CAGR of ...
Life Expectancy at Birth
Life expectancy at birth is defined as the average number of years that an infant could assume to live, if he or she were to pass through life exposed to the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time of his or her birth, for a specific period, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
Worldwide life expectancy was stable for most of history until humanity began to combat health problems just a few generations ago. Globally, life expectancy has increased from 30 years to more than 72 years.
Life Expectancy at Birth: Gender Segmentation
The life expectancy at birth for the female population in Chad has been on the higher side than that of the male population in the country. The Life expectancy at birth in Chad reached 58 years of age in 2021. Between 2018-2021, the growth rate of life expectancy at birth for females were higher than that of males. The growth rate of Life expectancy at birth for both male and female population has increased in 2021 when compared to the previous years, depicting an improvement in the healthcare industry.
Factors that affect life expectancy:
Life expectancy in a country depends on multiple factors including healthcare, lifestyle, resources and even culture. With Chad, being one of the developing countries, the healthcare infrastructure needs significant reinforcement.
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