Congo - Life expectancy at birth

63.5 (years) in 2021

In 2021, life expectancy for Congo was 63.5 years. Before life expectancy of Congo started to increase to reach a level of 63.5 years in 2021, it went through a trough reaching a low of 47.2 years in 1997.

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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.