Life Expectancy / Afghanistan
Afghanistan Life Expectancy
Afghanistan life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 66.29.
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-19 13:15:08
GM ECONOMY RATING
Afghanistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
CCC
38 / 100
High vulnerability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.0 / 20
External stability
8.2 / 15
Financial robustness
5.0 / 15
Structural stability
6.8 / 15
Future capacity
3.8 / 10
Demographic capacity
1.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Afghanistan · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
66.29
Previous
66.04
Range avg.
63.25
Rank
108
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CountryAfghanistan
IndicatorLife Expectancy
66.292024 · Rank 108
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Afghanistan recorded 66.29 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.25 (0.4%), from 66.04 to 66.29.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (63.25).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 60.42 in 2021 and the high was 66.29 in 2024.
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