List of African countries by life expectancy

This is a list of African countries by life expectancy at birth.

World Bank Group (2021)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2021. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Africa. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

Countries & territories	2021				Historical data									COVID-19 impact
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2000	2000 →2014	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2019 →2021	2014 →2021
Algeria	76.38	74.88	77.96	3.08	70.48	4.63	75.11	1.36	76.47	−2.02	74.45	1.92	76.38	−0.10	1.27
Cabo Verde	74.05	69.59	78.46	8.87	68.62	6.62	75.24	0.76	76.00	−1.20	74.81	−0.76	74.05	−1.95	−1.19
Morocco	74.04	71.89	76.40	4.50	66.79	5.75	72.54	1.73	74.27	−0.35	73.92	0.12	74.04	−0.23	1.50
Tunisia	73.77	70.74	77.14	6.40	73.69	1.96	75.65	0.34	75.99	−0.70	75.29	−1.52	73.77	−2.22	−1.88
Mauritius	73.68	70.29	77.24	6.95	71.66	2.53	74.19	0.04	74.24	−0.06	74.18	−0.50	73.68	−0.56	−0.51
Seychelles	73.40	71.30	75.60	4.30	72.78	0.45	73.23	0.82	74.05	3.19	77.24	−3.84	73.40	−0.65	0.17
Libya	71.91	69.63	74.40	4.77	70.68	0.83	71.51	0.95	72.46	0.01	72.47	−0.56	71.91	−0.55	0.40
World	71.33	68.89	73.95	5.06	67.70	4.18	71.88	1.10	72.98	−0.74	72.24	−0.92	71.33	−1.65	−0.55
Egypt	70.22	67.94	72.61	4.67	68.01	2.41	70.42	0.94	71.36	−0.37	70.99	−0.77	70.22	−1.14	−0.19
Sao Tome and Principe	67.59	65.16	70.42	5.26	61.66	5.19	66.84	1.68	68.52	−0.74	67.78	−0.19	67.59	−0.93	0.75
Senegal	67.09	64.75	69.28	4.53	56.94	9.51	66.45	2.07	68.53	−0.52	68.01	−0.91	67.09	−1.43	0.64
Eritrea	66.54	64.35	68.66	4.31	56.11	9.49	65.60	1.70	67.30	−0.17	67.13	−0.60	66.54	−0.76	0.94
Tanzania	66.20	64.18	68.31	4.13	52.36	11.51	63.87	3.12	66.99	−0.58	66.41	−0.21	66.20	−0.79	2.33
Rwanda	66.07	63.80	68.16	4.37	47.13	17.81	64.94	1.50	66.44	0.34	66.77	−0.70	66.07	−0.36	1.13
Gabon	65.82	63.49	68.49	5.01	61.07	3.91	64.97	1.63	66.60	−0.07	66.53	−0.71	65.82	−0.78	0.85
Sudan	65.27	62.74	67.88	5.14	58.32	5.95	64.27	1.61	65.88	−0.26	65.61	−0.35	65.27	−0.61	1.00
Ethiopia	64.97	61.91	68.28	6.38	50.54	12.37	62.91	2.93	65.84	−0.47	65.37	−0.40	64.97	−0.86	2.07
Madagascar	64.48	62.23	66.87	4.64	57.94	6.32	64.25	1.63	65.88	−0.70	65.18	−0.70	64.48	−1.40	0.23
Mauritania	64.36	62.67	66.10	3.43	61.03	3.13	64.16	1.53	65.69	−1.16	64.53	−0.17	64.36	−1.32	0.21
Ghana	63.80	61.63	66.01	4.38	58.20	4.85	63.05	1.69	64.74	−0.63	64.11	−0.32	63.80	−0.94	0.75
Congo, Rep.	63.52	62.12	64.94	2.81	53.68	9.27	62.95	−0.20	62.75	1.04	63.78	−0.27	63.52	0.77	0.57
Comoros	63.42	61.24	65.83	4.58	58.76	3.76	62.52	1.55	64.07	0.10	64.17	−0.75	63.42	−0.65	0.90
Malawi	62.90	59.49	66.47	6.98	44.52	16.38	60.90	3.22	64.12	−0.40	63.72	−0.81	62.90	−1.21	2.01
Uganda	62.70	60.42	64.92	4.50	48.34	12.07	60.41	2.58	62.99	−0.14	62.85	−0.15	62.70	−0.29	2.30
South Africa	62.34	59.46	65.00	5.54	58.47	4.91	63.38	2.79	66.17	−0.92	65.25	−2.91	62.34	−3.83	−1.04
Djibouti	62.30	59.73	65.02	5.29	56.57	5.07	61.64	1.44	63.09	−0.39	62.69	−0.39	62.30	−0.78	0.66
Gambia	62.08	60.66	63.53	2.87	56.94	5.33	62.27	1.49	63.76	−1.14	62.61	−0.53	62.08	−1.67	−0.19
Burundi	61.66	59.71	63.61	3.90	47.51	12.35	59.87	2.48	62.35	−0.78	61.57	0.10	61.66	−0.69	1.79
Angola	61.64	59.03	64.31	5.28	46.02	14.02	60.04	2.41	62.45	−0.19	62.26	−0.62	61.64	−0.80	1.60
Togo	61.62	60.85	62.39	1.54	54.74	4.11	58.85	2.05	60.90	0.13	61.03	0.58	61.62	0.72	2.77
Niger	61.58	60.41	62.79	2.39	49.32	11.46	60.79	2.11	62.90	−1.45	61.45	0.12	61.58	−1.32	0.79
Kenya	61.43	58.94	64.09	5.16	54.41	7.41	61.82	1.13	62.94	−0.27	62.67	−1.25	61.43	−1.52	−0.39
Zambia	61.22	58.49	63.93	5.44	45.23	15.47	60.70	2.09	62.79	−0.41	62.38	−1.16	61.22	−1.57	0.52
Botswana	61.14	58.69	63.59	4.90	51.01	11.60	62.61	2.86	65.46	0.18	65.65	−4.51	61.14	−4.32	−1.47
Liberia	60.75	59.41	62.07	2.66	51.36	7.77	59.12	1.98	61.10	−0.16	60.95	−0.20	60.75	−0.36	1.63
Equatorial Guinea	60.59	58.78	62.73	3.95	53.23	6.37	59.59	2.05	61.64	−0.94	60.71	−0.11	60.59	−1.05	1.00
Cameroon	60.33	58.69	62.02	3.33	52.93	6.00	58.94	2.65	61.58	−0.75	60.83	−0.50	60.33	−1.25	1.40
Sierra Leone	60.06	58.76	61.35	2.60	45.05	11.34	56.39	3.86	60.26	−0.49	59.76	0.30	60.06	−0.19	3.67
Benin	59.82	58.22	61.45	3.22	56.58	2.55	59.12	1.33	60.45	−0.37	60.09	−0.27	59.82	−0.63	0.70
Guinea-Bissau	59.65	57.39	61.80	4.40	50.12	8.49	58.61	2.27	60.88	−0.88	60.00	−0.35	59.65	−1.23	1.04
Mozambique	59.33	56.20	62.43	6.23	49.49	7.78	57.27	3.89	61.17	0.01	61.17	−1.85	59.33	−1.84	2.05
Burkina Faso	59.27	57.47	60.99	3.52	50.85	7.51	58.36	1.68	60.04	−0.31	59.73	−0.46	59.27	−0.77	0.91
Namibia	59.27	55.72	62.98	7.26	51.99	7.83	59.82	3.25	63.08	−0.25	62.83	−3.56	59.27	−3.81	−0.55
Zimbabwe	59.25	56.23	62.05	5.81	44.69	14.16	58.85	2.45	61.29	−0.17	61.12	−1.87	59.25	−2.04	0.41
DR Congo	59.19	56.95	61.52	4.57	51.78	6.52	58.30	1.98	60.28	−0.54	59.74	−0.55	59.19	−1.08	0.90
Mali	58.94	57.62	60.33	2.71	50.54	7.36	57.90	1.76	59.66	−1.03	58.63	0.31	58.94	−0.72	1.04
Guinea	58.89	57.59	60.10	2.50	52.48	5.41	57.89	1.83	59.72	−0.39	59.33	−0.43	58.89	−0.83	1.01
Cote d'Ivoire	58.60	57.40	59.94	2.54	50.84	6.37	57.21	2.11	59.32	−0.29	59.03	−0.43	58.60	−0.72	1.39
Eswatini	57.07	53.37	61.25	7.88	47.26	5.79	53.05	7.50	60.55	−0.86	59.69	−2.63	57.07	−3.48	4.02
Somalia	55.28	53.25	57.41	4.17	50.66	3.62	54.28	2.80	57.08	−1.11	55.97	−0.69	55.28	−1.80	1.00
South Sudan	54.98	53.43	56.47	3.04	46.03	8.95	54.97	0.94	55.91	−0.43	55.48	−0.50	54.98	−0.94	0.00
Central African Republic	53.90	51.65	56.30	4.66	45.41	5.16	50.57	4.46	55.02	−0.42	54.60	−0.71	53.90	−1.13	3.33
Lesotho	53.06	50.37	55.93	5.55	48.43	1.61	50.03	4.14	54.17	0.52	54.69	−1.63	53.06	−1.11	3.03
Nigeria	52.68	52.28	53.07	0.79	47.19	4.60	51.79	1.12	52.91	−0.02	52.89	−0.21	52.68	−0.23	0.89
Chad	52.52	50.84	54.28	3.44	47.44	3.76	51.20	2.06	53.26	−0.48	52.78	−0.25	52.52	−0.73	1.32

Change in life expectancy in Africa from 2019 to 2021 ^[1]

United Nations (2022)

Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN. ^{[4] [5] [6]} By default, the list is sorted by 2022.

Countries & territories	2019				2019 →2021	2021				2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
	overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M
Algeria	76.9	75.7	78.1	2.4	−0.5	76.4	74.9	78.0	3.1	0.7	77.1	75.9	78.5	2.6	0.2
Morocco	76.7	75.4	77.9	2.5	−2.7	74.0	71.9	76.4	4.5	1.0	75.0	72.9	77.2	4.3	−1.7
Cabo Verde	73.0	69.5	76.2	6.7	1.1	74.1	69.6	78.5	8.9	0.6	74.7	70.3	79.0	8.7	1.7
Tunisia	76.7	74.7	78.7	4.0	−2.9	73.8	70.7	77.1	6.4	0.5	74.3	71.4	77.4	6.0	−2.4
Mauritius	75.0	71.7	78.5	6.8	−1.4	73.6	70.4	76.8	6.4	0.4	74.0	71.0	77.1	6.1	−1.0
Libya	72.9	70.1	76.0	5.9	−1.0	71.9	69.6	74.4	4.8	0.3	72.2	69.7	74.8	5.1	−0.7
World	72.8	70.6	75.0	4.4	−1.4	71.4	68.9	74.0	5.1	0.6	72.0	69.6	74.5	4.9	−0.8
Seychelles	73.4	69.9	77.4	7.5	−2.1	71.3	67.7	75.7	8.0	0.4	71.7	68.2	76.0	7.8	−1.7
Egypt	72.0	69.7	74.4	4.7	−1.8	70.2	67.9	72.6	4.7	0.0	70.2	67.9	72.6	4.7	−1.8
Sao Tome and Principe	70.4	68.0	72.8	4.8	−2.8	67.6	65.2	70.4	5.2	1.2	68.8	66.1	71.9	5.8	−1.6
Senegal	67.9	65.8	69.9	4.1	−0.8	67.1	64.8	69.3	4.5	0.8	67.9	65.5	70.2	4.7	0.0
Rwanda	69.0	66.8	71.1	4.3	−2.9	66.1	63.8	68.2	4.4	1.0	67.1	64.8	69.2	4.4	−1.9
Tanzania	65.5	63.6	67.2	3.6	0.7	66.2	64.2	68.3	4.1	0.6	66.8	64.7	68.9	4.2	1.3
Eritrea	66.3	64.2	68.6	4.4	0.2	66.5	64.3	68.7	4.4	0.1	66.6	64.5	68.7	4.2	0.3
Botswana	69.6	66.5	72.4	5.9	−8.5	61.1	58.7	63.6	4.9	4.8	65.9	63.3	68.4	5.1	−3.7
Gabon	66.5	64.4	68.7	4.3	−0.7	65.8	63.5	68.5	5.0	−0.1	65.7	63.4	68.4	5.0	−0.8
Sudan	65.3	63.5	67.2	3.7	0.0	65.3	62.7	67.9	5.2	0.3	65.6	63.0	68.2	5.2	0.3
Ethiopia	66.6	64.7	68.5	3.8	−1.6	65.0	61.9	68.3	6.4	0.6	65.6	62.6	68.9	6.3	−1.0
Madagascar	67.0	65.4	68.7	3.3	−2.5	64.5	62.2	66.9	4.7	0.7	65.2	63.0	67.6	4.6	−1.8
Mauritania	64.9	63.3	66.5	3.2	−0.5	64.4	62.7	66.1	3.4	0.3	64.7	63.0	66.4	3.4	−0.2
Ghana	64.1	63.0	65.2	2.2	−0.3	63.8	61.6	66.0	4.4	0.1	63.9	61.8	66.1	4.3	−0.2
Comoros	64.3	62.6	66.1	3.5	−0.9	63.4	61.2	65.8	4.6	0.3	63.7	61.5	66.1	4.6	−0.6
Uganda	63.4	61.0	65.6	4.6	−0.7	62.7	60.4	64.9	4.5	0.9	63.6	61.5	65.7	4.2	0.2
Congo, Rep.	64.6	63.1	66.0	2.9	−1.1	63.5	62.1	64.9	2.8	−0.4	63.1	61.5	64.6	3.1	−1.5
Gambia	62.1	60.7	63.5	2.8	0.0	62.1	60.7	63.5	2.8	0.8	62.9	61.5	64.3	2.8	0.8
Djibouti	67.1	65.1	69.4	4.3	−4.8	62.3	59.7	65.0	5.3	0.6	62.9	60.3	65.5	5.2	−4.2
Malawi	64.3	61.1	67.4	6.3	−1.4	62.9	59.5	66.5	7.0	0.0	62.9	59.6	66.3	6.7	−1.4
Niger	62.4	61.3	63.6	2.3	−0.8	61.6	60.4	62.8	2.4	0.5	62.1	60.8	63.4	2.6	−0.3
Kenya	66.7	64.3	69.0	4.7	−5.3	61.4	58.9	64.1	5.2	0.7	62.1	59.6	64.7	5.1	−4.6
Burundi	61.6	59.8	63.4	3.6	0.1	61.7	59.7	63.6	3.9	0.3	62.0	60.1	63.9	3.8	0.4
Angola	61.2	58.4	64.0	5.6	0.4	61.6	59.0	64.3	5.3	0.3	61.9	59.4	64.5	5.1	0.7
Zambia	63.9	60.8	66.9	6.1	−2.7	61.2	58.5	63.9	5.4	0.6	61.8	59.1	64.5	5.4	−2.1
Togo	61.0	60.2	61.9	1.7	0.6	61.6	60.8	62.4	1.6	0.0	61.6	60.9	62.2	1.3	0.6
South Africa	64.1	60.7	67.7	7.0	−1.8	62.3	59.5	65.0	5.5	−0.8	61.5	58.6	64.2	5.6	−2.6
Equatorial Guinea	58.7	57.7	59.9	2.2	1.9	60.6	58.8	62.7	3.9	0.6	61.2	59.4	63.3	3.9	2.5
Liberia	64.1	62.7	65.5	2.8	−3.4	60.7	59.4	62.1	2.7	0.4	61.1	59.8	62.4	2.6	−3.0
Cameroon	59.3	58.0	60.6	2.6	1.0	60.3	58.7	62.0	3.3	0.7	61.0	59.4	62.6	3.2	1.7
Sierra Leone	54.7	53.9	55.5	1.6	5.4	60.1	58.8	61.4	2.6	0.3	60.4	59.1	61.7	2.6	5.7
Benin	61.8	60.2	63.3	3.1	−2.0	59.8	58.2	61.4	3.2	0.2	60.0	58.3	61.7	3.4	−1.8
Guinea-Bissau	58.3	56.3	60.2	3.9	1.4	59.7	57.4	61.8	4.4	0.2	59.9	57.7	61.9	4.2	1.6
Burkina Faso	61.6	60.7	62.3	1.6	−2.3	59.3	57.5	61.0	3.5	0.5	59.8	58.0	61.5	3.5	−1.8
DR Congo	60.7	59.1	62.2	3.1	−1.5	59.2	57.0	61.5	4.5	0.5	59.7	57.5	62.1	4.6	−1.0
Mozambique	60.9	57.8	63.7	5.9	−1.6	59.3	56.2	62.4	6.2	0.3	59.6	56.5	62.7	6.2	−1.3
Mali	59.3	58.5	60.1	1.6	−0.4	58.9	57.6	60.3	2.7	0.5	59.4	58.1	60.8	2.7	0.1
Zimbabwe	61.5	59.8	62.9	3.1	−2.2	59.3	56.2	62.0	5.8	0.1	59.4	56.4	62.1	5.7	−2.1
Guinea	61.6	60.9	62.1	1.2	−2.7	58.9	57.6	60.1	2.5	0.1	59.0	57.6	60.2	2.6	−2.6
Cote d'Ivoire	57.8	56.6	59.1	2.5	0.8	58.6	57.4	59.9	2.5	0.3	58.9	57.7	60.3	2.6	1.1
Namibia	63.7	60.7	66.5	5.8	−4.4	59.3	55.7	63.0	7.3	−1.2	58.1	54.6	61.7	7.1	−5.6
Eswatini	60.2	56.0	64.8	8.8	−3.1	57.1	53.4	61.2	7.8	−0.7	56.4	52.6	60.6	8.0	−3.8
Somalia	57.4	55.7	59.1	3.4	−2.1	55.3	53.2	57.4	4.2	0.8	56.1	54.1	58.2	4.1	−1.3
South Sudan	57.9	56.4	59.4	3.0	−2.9	55.0	53.4	56.5	3.1	0.6	55.6	54.0	57.0	3.0	−2.3
Central African Republic	53.3	51.1	55.5	4.4	0.6	53.9	51.6	56.3	4.7	0.6	54.5	52.3	56.8	4.5	1.2
Nigeria	54.7	53.8	55.6	1.8	−2.0	52.7	52.3	53.1	0.8	0.9	53.6	53.3	54.0	0.7	−1.1
Chad	54.2	52.8	55.7	2.9	−1.7	52.5	50.8	54.3	3.5	0.5	53.0	51.3	54.8	3.5	−1.2
Lesotho	54.3	51.2	57.6	6.4	−1.2	53.1	50.4	55.9	5.5	−0.1	53.0	50.3	55.9	5.6	−1.3

WHO (2019)

Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019. ^{[7] [8]}

Countries	Life expectancy at birth					HALE at birth					Life expectancy at age 60					HALE at age 60
	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000
Algeria	77.1	76.2	78.1	1.9	4.9	66.4	66.7	66.1	-0.6	3.7	22.0	21.5	22.6	1.1	2.2	16.0	15.9	16.2	0.3	1.4
Tunisia	77.0	74.9	79.2	4.3	2.9	66.9	66.1	67.7	1.6	2.1	21.5	20.2	22.8	2.6	1.4	16.0	15.1	16.8	1.7	0.9
Libya	75.8	74.2	77.3	3.1	1.4	65.2	64.9	65.5	0.6	0.6	21.3	20.5	21.9	1.4	0.3	15.5	15.3	15.8	0.5	-0.1
Mauritius	74.1	71.0	77.3	6.3	2.9	63.9	62.0	65.9	3.9	2.0	20.3	18.5	22.0	3.5	2.5	14.5	13.3	15.6	2.3	1.6
Cabo Verde	74.0	69.9	77.9	8.0	3.0	64.8	62.2	67.2	5.0	2.8	19.7	16.8	21.8	5.0	-0.7	14.9	13.0	16.3	3.3	-0.5
Seychelles	73.3	70.0	77.1	7.1	1.4	64.0	61.9	66.4	4.5	0.9	19.5	17.5	21.5	4.0	0.5	14.1	12.7	15.4	2.7	0.2
World	73.3	70.8	75.9	5.1	6.5	63.7	62.5	64.9	2.4	5.4	21.1	19.5	22.7	3.2	2.3	15.8	14.8	16.6	1.8	1.7
Morocco	73.0	71.7	74.3	2.6	3.7	63.7	63.7	63.7	0.0	3.0	18.7	17.7	19.6	1.9	0.3	14.1	13.7	14.6	0.9	0.0
Egypt	71.8	69.6	74.1	4.5	2.0	63.0	62.3	63.7	1.4	1.8	17.8	16.5	19.1	2.6	-0.7	13.4	12.7	14.0	1.3	-0.5
Sao Tome and Principe	70.4	68.8	72.0	3.2	6.9	61.6	60.9	62.2	1.3	6.0	17.7	16.7	18.6	1.9	0.6	13.1	12.6	13.7	1.1	0.5
Rwanda	69.1	66.9	71.2	4.3	21.6	60.2	59.0	61.4	2.4	19.0	18.0	16.6	19.2	2.6	4.6	13.6	12.7	14.4	1.7	3.6
Sudan	69.1	67.6	70.8	3.2	6.6	59.9	59.6	60.3	0.7	5.6	18.6	17.8	19.4	1.6	1.3	13.6	13.3	14.0	0.7	1.0
Ethiopia	68.7	66.9	70.5	3.6	18.1	59.9	59.0	60.8	1.8	15.6	18.4	17.4	19.4	2.0	4.3	13.9	13.3	14.4	1.1	3.3
Senegal	68.6	66.8	70.1	3.3	10.0	59.4	58.8	59.9	1.1	8.6	18.1	17.2	18.9	1.7	1.5	13.1	12.6	13.5	0.9	1.1
Mauritania	68.4	68.1	68.7	0.6	6.4	59.8	60.2	59.4	-0.8	5.4	19.0	19.1	18.9	-0.2	1.9	14.3	14.6	14.1	-0.5	1.5
Comoros	67.4	65.9	68.9	3.0	5.9	58.9	58.3	59.6	1.3	5.1	18.1	17.4	18.8	1.4	1.8	13.7	13.2	14.1	0.9	1.4
Tanzania	67.3	65.4	69.3	3.9	14.8	58.5	57.6	59.3	1.7	13.1	18.2	17.1	19.1	2.0	2.2	13.4	12.7	13.9	1.2	1.7
Uganda	66.7	63.2	70.1	6.9	17.9	58.2	56.0	60.4	4.4	15.7	17.7	15.7	19.4	3.7	3.0	13.4	12.0	14.6	2.6	2.3
Gabon	66.5	63.6	69.7	6.1	8.4	57.6	56.0	59.3	3.3	7.1	17.2	15.2	19.3	4.1	2.0	12.8	11.4	14.2	2.8	1.5
Ghana	66.3	63.7	69.2	5.5	7.1	58.0	56.5	59.6	3.1	6.1	17.2	15.7	18.9	3.2	1.2	12.9	11.9	14.0	2.1	0.9
Kenya	66.1	63.7	68.4	4.7	12.2	57.7	56.4	58.9	2.5	10.8	17.6	16.0	19.1	3.1	1.3	13.1	11.9	14.0	2.1	1.3
Djibouti	65.8	64.1	67.8	3.7	6.0	58.0	57.2	58.9	1.7	5.3	17.8	16.6	19.0	2.4	1.5	13.6	12.9	14.4	1.5	1.1
Malawi	65.6	62.3	68.9	6.6	20.9	57.1	55.1	59.0	3.9	18.0	17.2	15.1	19.0	3.9	3.2	12.8	11.3	14.0	2.7	2.5
Gambia	65.5	63.4	67.7	4.3	6.3	57.0	56.4	57.7	1.3	5.3	16.9	15.8	18.0	2.2	0.7	12.6	12.1	13.2	1.1	0.4
Madagascar	65.3	64.1	66.6	2.5	6.5	57.3	56.9	57.7	0.8	6.0	16.8	16.1	17.3	1.2	1.4	12.6	12.3	12.9	0.6	1.1
South Africa	65.3	62.2	68.3	6.1	9.5	56.2	54.6	57.7	3.1	7.7	19.1	17.3	20.5	3.2	2.9	13.9	12.7	14.8	2.1	2.0
Congo, Republic of	64.7	63.8	65.6	1.8	12.6	56.2	56.4	56.1	-0.3	10.8	16.4	15.7	17.1	1.4	2.5	12.2	11.9	12.5	0.6	1.9
Namibia	64.6	60.6	68.4	7.8	11.3	56.1	53.4	58.6	5.2	9.5	17.2	14.7	19.3	4.6	2.6	12.7	10.8	14.2	3.4	1.9
Africa [9]	64.5	62.4	66.6	4.2	11.8	56.0	55.0	57.1	2.1	10.2	17.9	16.7	19.0	2.3	2.4	13.3	12.6	13.9	1.3	1.8
Togo	64.3	61.5	67.2	5.7	8.4	56.2	54.7	57.8	3.1	7.3	17.0	15.4	18.6	3.2	1.3	12.8	11.8	13.8	2.0	1.1
Eritrea	64.1	61.3	67.1	5.8	9.6	55.7	53.9	57.7	3.8	8.7	15.5	14.1	16.8	2.7	2.0	11.4	10.4	12.4	2.0	1.5
Liberia	64.1	63.2	65.0	1.8	10.3	54.9	54.9	55.0	0.1	9.1	17.7	17.4	18.0	0.6	1.9	12.9	12.8	12.9	0.1	1.5
Burundi	63.8	61.5	66.1	4.6	20.0	55.6	54.0	57.2	3.2	17.5	16.5	15.2	17.6	2.4	3.5	12.7	11.8	13.5	1.7	2.8
Benin	63.4	61.2	65.7	4.5	6.8	55.5	54.5	56.6	2.1	5.9	17.4	16.1	18.5	2.4	1.3	13.0	12.3	13.7	1.4	0.9
Niger	63.3	62.1	64.6	2.5	12.9	55.5	55.3	55.8	0.5	11.3	17.2	16.6	17.8	1.2	1.4	13.0	12.7	13.3	0.6	1.0
Angola	63.1	60.7	65.5	4.8	13.8	54.8	53.6	56.2	2.6	11.9	17.0	15.4	18.6	3.2	2.6	12.6	11.6	13.7	2.1	1.9
Côte d'Ivoire	62.9	60.5	65.8	5.3	12.6	54.8	53.4	56.5	3.1	10.8	17.1	15.8	18.7	2.9	2.6	12.7	11.9	13.7	1.8	2.0
Mali	62.8	62.2	63.4	1.2	10.2	54.6	54.8	54.5	-0.3	9.0	17.5	17.3	17.6	0.3	1.5	12.8	12.9	12.7	-0.2	1.1
South Sudan	62.8	60.8	64.8	4.0	8.7	53.7	52.9	54.5	1.6	7.3	17.8	16.6	18.9	2.3	1.5	12.7	12.2	13.1	0.9	1.1
Burkina Faso	62.7	60.1	65.2	5.1	11.1	54.9	53.4	56.3	2.9	10.0	16.8	15.2	18.1	2.9	1.3	12.6	11.6	13.4	1.8	1.1
Nigeria	62.6	61.2	64.1	2.9	9.0	54.4	53.9	54.9	1.0	7.9	18.2	17.6	18.9	1.3	2.0	13.5	13.3	13.8	0.5	1.5
Zambia	62.5	59.5	65.4	5.9	18.0	54.4	52.5	56.3	3.8	15.4	16.5	14.7	18.0	3.3	3.3	12.6	11.3	13.7	2.4	2.6
Cameroon	62.4	60.3	64.5	4.2	9.6	54.5	53.5	55.6	2.1	8.4	17.1	15.8	18.3	2.5	2.0	12.8	12.0	13.5	1.5	1.7
Congo, Democratic Republic of	62.4	60.0	64.8	4.8	10.0	54.1	52.8	55.4	2.6	8.8	16.6	15.4	17.9	2.5	1.7	12.5	11.7	13.4	1.7	1.3
Equatorial Guinea	62.2	60.9	63.6	2.7	7.9	53.9	53.4	54.1	0.7	7.1	17.6	16.5	18.8	2.3	2.1	12.9	12.3	13.6	1.3	1.7
Botswana	62.2	58.9	65.5	6.6	16.6	53.9	51.9	55.8	3.9	13.8	16.2	14.2	18.0	3.8	3.3	11.8	10.3	13.1	2.8	2.4
Guinea	61.0	59.5	62.3	2.8	6.7	53.3	52.9	53.7	0.8	5.8	16.5	15.6	17.2	1.6	0.8	12.3	11.8	12.6	0.8	0.6
Sierra Leone	60.8	59.6	61.9	2.3	12.1	52.9	52.5	53.3	0.8	10.7	17.0	16.4	17.4	1.0	1.6	12.6	12.4	12.8	0.4	1.3
Zimbabwe	60.7	57.5	63.6	6.1	14.1	53.1	51.2	54.8	3.6	12.1	15.6	13.6	17.0	3.4	1.2	11.5	10.2	12.4	2.2	0.9
Guinea-Bissau	60.2	57.4	63.0	5.6	9.9	52.6	51.1	54.1	3.0	8.6	15.5	13.9	16.7	2.8	1.7	11.4	10.5	12.1	1.6	1.3
Chad	59.6	58.0	61.3	3.3	8.5	52.0	51.3	52.8	1.5	7.3	16.5	15.7	17.3	1.6	1.6	12.3	11.8	12.7	0.9	1.2
Mozambique	58.1	54.5	61.7	7.2	7.4	50.4	47.9	52.8	4.9	6.8	15.8	13.3	17.8	4.5	0.6	11.6	9.8	13.0	3.2	0.6
Eswatini	57.7	53.4	63.2	9.8	10.7	50.1	47.1	53.8	6.7	8.8	15.1	12.4	17.7	5.3	1.5	11.0	9.0	12.9	3.9	1.1
Somalia	56.5	54.0	59.2	5.2	6.6	49.7	48.3	51.3	3.0	5.7	14.5	13.2	16.0	2.8	1.4	11.2	10.3	12.2	1.9	1.1
Central African Republic	53.1	50.2	56.3	6.1	8.8	46.4	44.5	48.4	3.9	7.7	13.2	11.3	14.9	3.6	1.4	10.0	8.6	11.1	2.5	1.1
Lesotho	50.7	47.7	54.2	6.5	2.9	44.2	42.3	46.4	4.1	2.2	13.4	11.2	15.2	4.0	-0.5	9.8	8.3	11.0	2.7	-0.5

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  Life expectancy and HALE in countries of Africa in 2019 ^[7]
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  Elaboration by sex ^[7]

Interactive chart of male and female life expectancy in Africa as defined by WHO for 2019. Open the original chart and hover over chart elements. The squares of bubbles are proportional to population according to estimation of the UN for 2019.

Charts

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  Life expectancy in some African countries ^[1]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of African countries by population
• List of South African provinces by life expectancy
• Oldest people
• Longevity
• Life extension

References

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6. "Human Development Report 2023/2024 (tables 1 and 4)" (PDF). UN Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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8. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by WHO region". World Health Organization. 7 December 2022.
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