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Development of life expectancy in South Africa according to estimation of the World Bank Group
Life expectancy with calculated gender gap
Development of life expectancy in South Africa in comparison to some other African countries
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Africa on the background of other countries of Africa in 2019
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females

This article lists the provinces of South Africa by their life expectancy at birth according to data by Statistics South Africa.

Males

Provincial life expectancy at birth (males), 2001–2021[1]
Rank Province 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2016–2021
(est.)
1 Western Cape 59.6 61.1 63.9 65.7
2 Gauteng 55.4 56.5 61.6 63.8
3 Limpopo 54.3 54.4 59.3 61.8
4 Northern Cape 51.9 52.9 56.8 60.4
4 Mpumalanga 52.4 53.3 57.8 60.4
6 Eastern Cape 52.3 53.0 57.3 59.6
7 North West 49.1 50.3 56.6 57.9
8 KwaZulu-Natal 47.5 48.3 54.6 57.1
9 Free State 45.6 46.3 53.1 54.6

Females

Provincial life expectancy at birth (females), 2001–2021[1]
Rank Province 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2016–2021
(est.)
1 Western Cape 64.5 67.2 70.6 71.1
2 Gauteng 59.2 60.9 66.6 69.2
3 Limpopo 57.7 58.6 65.1 67.4
4 Eastern Cape 56.8 58.6 64.0 67.1
5 Mpumalanga 56.1 57.6 63.5 66.2
6 Northern Cape 57.2 58.5 63.3 66.0
7 North West 53.3 55.0 62.6 65.2
8 KwaZulu-Natal 52.6 54.4 60.9 63.7
9 Free State 49.2 50.7 58.6 61.3

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "Mid-year population estimates 2019" (PDF). Statistics South Africa.
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