The Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria attained a value of 62.20 years in 2024
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.71% between 2021 to 2024, and is expected to grow by...
GlobalData projects the figure to grow at a CAGR of ...
Life expectancy in Nigeria
Life expectancy in a country depends on multiple factors including healthcare, lifestyle, resources and even culture. With Nigeria being one of the developing countries, though the health infrastructure has been improved over the decades, it still needs a significant improvement.
The population and population density of Nigeria has recorded continuous growth in the last three decades. While the total deaths in the country have recorded a low-double-digit increase between 1990-2020, the death rate has reduced by half when compared to 1990. The population density in the country has more than doubled in 2020 to that of 1990. In Nigeria, the male population is higher than the female population, which is pretty evident when compared to the male-to-female birth rates.
Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria
COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the healthcare industry across the world, Nigeria was in no way remained untouched from the crisis. Despite the odds, the infant mortality rate in Nigeria recorded a YoY decline and Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria recorded a YoY growth in Nigeria in 2020.
The life expectancy at birth in Nigeria has grown continuously since 1990 onwards. While the growth rate of Life expectancy at birth remained the same between 2016 to 2019, the growth rate of Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria in 2020 has decreased when compared to that of 2019.
Life expectancy at birth segmentation: Gender
Life expectancy at birth for both male and female population in Nigeria has grown continuously since 1990. The growth rate of Life expectancy at birth for both male and female population has more than doubled in 2020 when compared to 1990, this depicts the improvement in the healthcare industry. In 2020, though male birth rate was higher than that of the female birth rate, the life expectancy at birth for the female population in Nigeria has been on the higher side than that of the male population in the country.
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