Life expectancy for females rose 0.502% to 64.9 years in Tanzania in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, life expectancy for females in Tanzania reached an all time high of 69.1 years in 2019 and an all time low of 42.9 years in 1955. When compared to Tanzania's main peers, life expectancy for females in Kenya amounted to 65.4 years, 52.9 years in Mozambique, 62.4 years in Uganda and 63.9 years in Zambia in 2024.
Tanzania has been ranked 139th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of life expectancy for females, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Life Expectancy at Birth (Female) | Unit | 2080 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | 2091 | 2092 | 2093 | 2094 | 2095 | 2096 | 2097 | 2098 | 2099 | 2100 |
| Angola | years | 77.1 | 77.2 | 77.3 | 77.4 | 77.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | years | 74.0 | 74.1 | 74.2 | 74.4 | 74.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | years | 83.1 | 83.2 | 83.4 | 83.5 | 83.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | years | 76.4 | 76.5 | 76.6 | 76.8 | 76.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | years | 80.4 | 80.5 | 80.6 | 80.7 | 80.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | years | 76.6 | 76.7 | 76.8 | 76.9 | 77.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | years | 81.6 | 81.7 | 81.8 | 81.9 | 82.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | years | 71.0 | 71.2 | 71.3 | 71.4 | 71.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | years | 79.6 | 79.8 | 79.9 | 80.0 | 80.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | years | 68.7 | 68.8 | 68.9 | 69.0 | 69.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | years | 80.8 | 81.0 | 81.1 | 81.2 | 81.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | years | 82.6 | 82.7 | 82.8 | 83.0 | 83.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | years | 79.2 | 79.3 | 79.5 | 79.6 | 79.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | years | 79.1 | 79.2 | 79.4 | 79.5 | 79.7 |