Economy · Life expectancy at birth · Tunisia
Tunisia’s life expectancy at birth rose to 76.7 years in 2024.
76.7 years
2024
Up 0.2 years from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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76.7 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 a given year stayed the same throughout their life. It is calculated from a life table built on age-specific mortality, so one figure summarises deaths at every age from infancy to old age. Regional, gender and income differences all sit inside that single average.
Higher is better. More years of expected life mean lower death rates across the age range, so a higher figure is better. Tunisia's latest figure is 76.7 years for 2024, up 0.2 years from 76.5 years a year earlier, a rise of 0.27%. Since 2015 the lowest reading was 72.9 years in 2021, and the highest is the latest 76.7 years. The 2024 figure therefore sits at the top of its range for the period.
Why it matters. A Tunisian child born in 2024 can expect to live 76.7 years on current mortality patterns. Pension funds and the public health system carry the cost of that longer span, since retirees draw benefits for more years and older patients need more care. Households plan savings and family support over a longer horizon, and the recovery from 72.9 years in 2021 adds years to that planning.
| Period | Life expectancy at birth · Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 74.9 years |
| 2016 | 75 years |
| 2017 | 75.2 years |
| 2018 | 75.4 years |
| 2019 | 75.6 years |
| 2020 | 75 years |
| 2021 | 72.9 years |
| 2022 | 76 years |
| 2023 | 76.5 years |
| 2024 | 76.7 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, Tunisia, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/life-expectancy/tunisia
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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.