Economy · Life expectancy at birth · Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire’s life expectancy at birth rose to 62.1 years in 2024.
62.1 years
2024
Up 0.17 years from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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62.1 years
What it is. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if the death rates at each age seen in one year held for their whole life. It is built from age-specific mortality, and deaths in infancy and early childhood pull the average down further than deaths at older ages. This total figure combines women and men and every region, so differences between those groups are folded into a single number.
Higher is better. Higher is better because a longer average life means death rates are lower at some or all ages, from infancy to old age. The latest figure is 62.1 years for 2024, up from 61.9 years a year earlier, a rise of 0.17 years or 0.27%. Since 2015 the lowest level was 58.3 years, recorded in 2015. The 2024 figure is the highest in that span, so the series now sits at the top of its own range.
Why it matters. A figure of 62.1 years means a child born in Côte d'Ivoire today can expect, on average, a little over sixty years of life at current death rates. For households, that shapes how long people plan to work, save and support older relatives. For the state, a rising average adds gradually to the number of older people who will need health care and pensions.
| Period | Life expectancy at birth · Côte d’Ivoire |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 58.3 years |
| 2016 | 58.8 years |
| 2017 | 59.3 years |
| 2018 | 59.8 years |
| 2019 | 60.3 years |
| 2020 | 60.1 years |
| 2021 | 60.3 years |
| 2022 | 61.6 years |
| 2023 | 61.9 years |
| 2024 | 62.1 years |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Life expectancy at birth, Côte d’Ivoire, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/life-expectancy/cote-divoire
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Life expectancy at birth, total. Unit: years.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SP.DYN.LE00.IN), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.