Life Expectancy / Nigeria
Nigeria Life Expectancy
Nigeria life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 54.64.
COUNTRY: Nigeria
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:08:47
GM ECONOMY RATING
Nigeria · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
14.1 / 20
External stability
13.0 / 15
Financial robustness
11.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
n/a
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 67% of weighted inputs available.
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Nigeria · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
54.64
Previous
54.46
Range avg.
53.19
Rank
74
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CountryNigeria
IndicatorLife Expectancy
54.642024 · Rank 74
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Nigeria recorded 54.64 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.17 (0.3%), from 54.46 to 54.64.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (53.19).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 51.94 in 2015 and the high was 54.64 in 2024.
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