Uganda - Life expectancy at birth

62.7 (years) in 2021

In 2021, life expectancy for Uganda was 62.7 years. Before life expectancy of Uganda started to increase to reach a level of 62.7 years in 2021, it went through a trough reaching a low of 42.9 years in 1980.

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What is life expectancy?

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.

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