Life expectancy for males rose 0.396% to 61.4 years in Kenya in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, life expectancy for males in Kenya reached an all time high of 61.4 years in 2024 and an all time low of 40.5 years in 1955. When compared to Kenya's main peers, life expectancy for males in Ethiopia amounted to 64.4 years, 55.2 years in Somalia, 61.9 years in Tanzania and 59.9 years in Uganda in 2024.
Kenya has been ranked 140th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of life expectancy for males, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Life Expectancy at Birth (Male) | Unit | 2080 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | 2091 | 2092 | 2093 | 2094 | 2095 | 2096 | 2097 | 2098 | 2099 | 2100 |
| Congo (DRC) | years | 68.4 | 68.5 | 68.6 | 68.8 | 68.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | years | 74.7 | 74.9 | 75.1 | 75.2 | 75.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | years | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.7 | 79.9 | 80.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | years | 78.3 | 78.5 | 78.7 | 78.8 | 79.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | years | 70.7 | 70.9 | 71.0 | 71.2 | 71.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | years | 70.2 | 70.4 | 70.5 | 70.6 | 70.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | years | 77.3 | 77.4 | 77.6 | 77.7 | 77.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | years | 64.8 | 64.9 | 65.1 | 65.2 | 65.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | years | 62.5 | 62.6 | 62.7 | 62.8 | 62.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | years | 74.3 | 74.5 | 74.6 | 74.8 | 75.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | years | 75.8 | 75.9 | 76.1 | 76.3 | 76.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | years | 77.9 | 78.1 | 78.2 | 78.4 | 78.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | years | 76.2 | 76.3 | 76.4 | 76.6 | 76.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | years | 73.8 | 74.0 | 74.1 | 74.3 | 74.4 |