This is a list of African countries by life expectancy at birth.
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2022.[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 and territories |
2022 | Historical data | recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2022 |
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All | Male | Female | Sex gap | 2014 | 2014 →2019 |
2019 | 2019 →2020 |
2020 | 2020 →2021 |
2021 | 2021 →2022 |
2022 | |||
Algeria | 77.13 | 75.85 | 78.46 | 2.60 | 75.11 | 1.36 | 76.47 | −2.02 | 74.45 | 1.92 | 76.38 | 0.75 | 77.13 | 0.66 | |
Morocco | 74.97 | 72.90 | 77.18 | 4.28 | 72.54 | 1.73 | 74.27 | −0.35 | 73.92 | 0.12 | 74.04 | 0.93 | 74.97 | 0.70 | |
Cabo Verde | 74.72 | 70.29 | 79.01 | 8.72 | 75.24 | 0.76 | 76.00 | −1.20 | 74.81 | −0.76 | 74.05 | 0.67 | 74.72 | −1.28 | |
Tunisia | 74.26 | 71.37 | 77.41 | 6.04 | 75.65 | 0.34 | 75.99 | −0.70 | 75.29 | −1.52 | 73.77 | 0.49 | 74.26 | −1.73 | |
Seychelles | 73.85 | 71.80 | 76.00 | 4.20 | 73.23 | 0.82 | 74.05 | 3.19 | 77.24 | −3.84 | 73.40 | 0.45 | 73.85 | −0.20 | |
Mauritius | 73.51 | 70.10 | 77.10 | 7.00 | 74.19 | 0.04 | 74.24 | −0.06 | 74.18 | −0.50 | 73.68 | −0.17 | 73.51 | −0.72 | |
Libya | 72.15 | 69.74 | 74.76 | 5.02 | 71.51 | 0.95 | 72.46 | 0.01 | 72.47 | −0.56 | 71.91 | 0.24 | 72.15 | −0.31 | |
World | 72.00 | 69.60 | 74.53 | 4.93 | 71.88 | 1.10 | 72.98 | −0.74 | 72.24 | −0.92 | 71.33 | 0.67 | 72.00 | −0.98 | |
Egypt | 70.16 | 67.87 | 72.56 | 4.69 | 70.42 | 0.94 | 71.36 | −0.37 | 70.99 | −0.77 | 70.22 | −0.06 | 70.16 | −1.20 | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 68.79 | 66.05 | 71.94 | 5.88 | 66.84 | 1.68 | 68.52 | −0.74 | 67.78 | −0.19 | 67.59 | 1.20 | 68.79 | 0.27 | |
Senegal | 67.91 | 65.47 | 70.20 | 4.73 | 66.45 | 2.07 | 68.53 | −0.52 | 68.01 | −0.91 | 67.09 | 0.82 | 67.91 | −0.61 | |
Rwanda | 67.13 | 64.81 | 69.24 | 4.43 | 64.94 | 1.50 | 66.44 | 0.34 | 66.77 | −0.70 | 66.07 | 1.06 | 67.13 | 0.69 | |
Tanzania | 66.78 | 64.72 | 68.93 | 4.21 | 63.87 | 3.12 | 66.99 | −0.58 | 66.41 | −0.21 | 66.20 | 0.58 | 66.78 | −0.21 | |
Eritrea | 66.60 | 64.46 | 68.68 | 4.22 | 65.60 | 1.70 | 67.30 | −0.17 | 67.13 | −0.60 | 66.54 | 0.07 | 66.60 | −0.70 | |
Botswana | 65.91 | 63.33 | 68.40 | 5.07 | 62.61 | 2.86 | 65.46 | 0.18 | 65.65 | −4.51 | 61.14 | 4.77 | 65.91 | 0.45 | |
Gabon | 65.69 | 63.36 | 68.36 | 5.00 | 64.97 | 1.63 | 66.60 | −0.07 | 66.53 | −0.71 | 65.82 | −0.13 | 65.69 | −0.91 | |
Ethiopia | 65.64 | 62.61 | 68.90 | 6.29 | 62.91 | 2.93 | 65.84 | −0.47 | 65.37 | −0.40 | 64.97 | 0.67 | 65.64 | −0.19 | |
Sudan | 65.58 | 63.05 | 68.18 | 5.14 | 64.27 | 1.61 | 65.88 | −0.26 | 65.61 | −0.35 | 65.27 | 0.31 | 65.58 | −0.30 | |
Madagascar | 65.23 | 62.97 | 67.62 | 4.65 | 64.25 | 1.63 | 65.88 | −0.70 | 65.18 | −0.70 | 64.48 | 0.75 | 65.23 | −0.65 | |
Mauritania | 64.69 | 62.97 | 66.45 | 3.48 | 64.16 | 1.53 | 65.69 | −1.16 | 64.53 | −0.17 | 64.36 | 0.33 | 64.69 | −1.00 | |
Ghana | 63.95 | 61.80 | 66.13 | 4.32 | 63.05 | 1.69 | 64.74 | −0.63 | 64.11 | −0.32 | 63.80 | 0.15 | 63.95 | −0.79 | |
Comoros | 63.68 | 61.52 | 66.06 | 4.54 | 62.52 | 1.55 | 64.07 | 0.10 | 64.17 | −0.75 | 63.42 | 0.26 | 63.68 | −0.39 | |
Uganda | 63.64 | 61.49 | 65.70 | 4.22 | 60.41 | 2.58 | 62.99 | −0.14 | 62.85 | −0.15 | 62.70 | 0.93 | 63.64 | 0.65 | |
Congo, Rep. | 63.05 | 61.51 | 64.62 | 3.10 | 62.95 | −0.20 | 62.75 | 1.04 | 63.78 | −0.27 | 63.52 | −0.47 | 63.05 | 0.31 | |
Gambia | 62.91 | 61.48 | 64.34 | 2.86 | 62.27 | 1.49 | 63.76 | −1.14 | 62.61 | −0.53 | 62.08 | 0.82 | 62.91 | −0.85 | |
Malawi | 62.90 | 59.58 | 66.33 | 6.75 | 60.90 | 3.22 | 64.12 | −0.40 | 63.72 | −0.81 | 62.90 | −0.01 | 62.90 | −1.22 | |
Djibouti | 62.86 | 60.34 | 65.50 | 5.17 | 61.64 | 1.44 | 63.09 | −0.39 | 62.69 | −0.39 | 62.30 | 0.55 | 62.86 | −0.23 | |
Niger | 62.08 | 60.82 | 63.40 | 2.59 | 60.79 | 2.11 | 62.90 | −1.45 | 61.45 | 0.12 | 61.58 | 0.50 | 62.08 | −0.82 | |
Kenya | 62.05 | 59.58 | 64.69 | 5.11 | 61.82 | 1.13 | 62.94 | −0.27 | 62.67 | −1.25 | 61.43 | 0.63 | 62.05 | −0.89 | |
Burundi | 61.98 | 60.08 | 63.87 | 3.79 | 59.87 | 2.48 | 62.35 | −0.78 | 61.57 | 0.10 | 61.66 | 0.31 | 61.98 | −0.37 | |
Angola | 61.93 | 59.35 | 64.54 | 5.19 | 60.04 | 2.41 | 62.45 | −0.19 | 62.26 | −0.62 | 61.64 | 0.29 | 61.93 | −0.52 | |
Zambia | 61.80 | 59.06 | 64.51 | 5.45 | 60.70 | 2.09 | 62.79 | −0.41 | 62.38 | −1.16 | 61.22 | 0.58 | 61.80 | −0.99 | |
Togo | 61.59 | 60.95 | 62.23 | 1.28 | 58.85 | 2.05 | 60.90 | 0.13 | 61.03 | 0.58 | 61.62 | −0.03 | 61.59 | 0.69 | |
South Africa | 61.48 | 58.60 | 64.18 | 5.58 | 63.38 | 2.79 | 66.17 | −0.92 | 65.25 | −2.91 | 62.34 | −0.86 | 61.48 | −4.70 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 61.19 | 59.43 | 63.26 | 3.83 | 59.59 | 2.05 | 61.64 | −0.94 | 60.71 | −0.11 | 60.59 | 0.60 | 61.19 | −0.45 | |
Liberia | 61.10 | 59.80 | 62.39 | 2.60 | 59.12 | 1.98 | 61.10 | −0.16 | 60.95 | −0.20 | 60.75 | 0.35 | 61.10 | 0.00 | |
Cameroon | 60.96 | 59.39 | 62.56 | 3.16 | 58.94 | 2.65 | 61.58 | −0.75 | 60.83 | −0.50 | 60.33 | 0.62 | 60.96 | −0.63 | |
Sierra Leone | 60.41 | 59.12 | 61.69 | 2.58 | 56.39 | 3.86 | 60.26 | −0.49 | 59.76 | 0.30 | 60.06 | 0.35 | 60.41 | 0.16 | |
Benin | 59.95 | 58.27 | 61.68 | 3.41 | 59.12 | 1.33 | 60.45 | −0.37 | 60.09 | −0.27 | 59.82 | 0.13 | 59.95 | −0.50 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 59.86 | 57.67 | 61.93 | 4.26 | 58.61 | 2.27 | 60.88 | −0.88 | 60.00 | −0.35 | 59.65 | 0.21 | 59.86 | −1.02 | |
Burkina Faso | 59.77 | 57.95 | 61.51 | 3.55 | 58.36 | 1.68 | 60.04 | −0.31 | 59.73 | −0.46 | 59.27 | 0.50 | 59.77 | −0.27 | |
DR Congo | 59.74 | 57.52 | 62.05 | 4.53 | 58.30 | 1.98 | 60.28 | −0.54 | 59.74 | −0.55 | 59.19 | 0.55 | 59.74 | −0.53 | |
Mozambique | 59.62 | 56.53 | 62.69 | 6.16 | 57.27 | 3.89 | 61.17 | 0.01 | 61.17 | −1.85 | 59.33 | 0.30 | 59.62 | −1.54 | |
Mali | 59.42 | 58.07 | 60.83 | 2.76 | 57.90 | 1.76 | 59.66 | −1.03 | 58.63 | 0.31 | 58.94 | 0.48 | 59.42 | −0.25 | |
Zimbabwe | 59.39 | 56.43 | 62.09 | 5.67 | 58.85 | 2.45 | 61.29 | −0.17 | 61.12 | −1.87 | 59.25 | 0.14 | 59.39 | −1.90 | |
Guinea | 58.98 | 57.64 | 60.24 | 2.59 | 57.89 | 1.83 | 59.72 | −0.39 | 59.33 | −0.43 | 58.89 | 0.09 | 58.98 | −0.73 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 58.92 | 57.69 | 60.28 | 2.60 | 57.21 | 2.11 | 59.32 | −0.29 | 59.03 | −0.43 | 58.60 | 0.32 | 58.92 | −0.40 | |
Namibia | 58.06 | 54.59 | 61.70 | 7.11 | 59.82 | 3.25 | 63.08 | −0.25 | 62.83 | −3.56 | 59.27 | −1.21 | 58.06 | −5.02 | |
Eswatini | 56.36 | 52.65 | 60.60 | 7.95 | 53.05 | 7.50 | 60.55 | −0.86 | 59.69 | −2.63 | 57.07 | −0.71 | 56.36 | −4.19 | |
Somalia | 56.11 | 54.07 | 58.23 | 4.16 | 54.28 | 2.80 | 57.08 | −1.11 | 55.97 | −0.69 | 55.28 | 0.83 | 56.11 | −0.97 | |
South Sudan | 55.57 | 54.04 | 57.05 | 3.01 | 54.97 | 0.94 | 55.91 | −0.43 | 55.48 | −0.50 | 54.98 | 0.59 | 55.57 | −0.34 | |
Central African Republic | 54.48 | 52.26 | 56.83 | 4.57 | 50.57 | 4.46 | 55.02 | −0.42 | 54.60 | −0.71 | 53.90 | 0.58 | 54.48 | −0.55 | |
Nigeria | 53.63 | 53.30 | 53.97 | 0.67 | 51.79 | 1.12 | 52.91 | −0.02 | 52.89 | −0.21 | 52.68 | 0.96 | 53.63 | 0.72 | |
Lesotho | 53.04 | 50.32 | 55.92 | 5.60 | 50.03 | 4.14 | 54.17 | 0.52 | 54.69 | −1.63 | 53.06 | −0.03 | 53.04 | −1.14 | |
Chad | 53.00 | 51.30 | 54.77 | 3.47 | 51.20 | 2.06 | 53.26 | −0.48 | 52.78 | −0.25 | 52.52 | 0.47 | 53.00 | −0.26 |
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 |
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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 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |