Lifestyle and Preventive Health
Life Expectancy in Africa 2025
Life Expectancy UN
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5 Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy
Country | Life Expectancy UN 2024↓ | Female Life Expectancy UN 2024 | Male Life Expectancy UN 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Reunion | 83.7 | 86.5 | 80.7 |
 | Tunisia | 76.7 | 79.3 | 74.1 |
 | Algeria | 76.5 | 77.9 | 75.1 |
 | Mayotte | 76.2 | 78.5 | 74.3 |
 | Cape Verde | 76.2 | 79.4 | 73 |
 | Morocco | 75.5 | 77.8 | 73.3 |
 | Mauritius | 75.1 | 78.3 | 72.1 |
 | Seychelles | 73 | 76.7 | 70.1 |
 | Egypt | 71.8 | 74 | 69.7 |
 | Western Sahara | 71.6 | 73.8 | 69.9 |
 | Libya | 71.1 | 72.7 | 69.6 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.9 | 73.9 | 66.4 |
 | Botswana | 69.3 | 71.8 | 66.8 |
 | Senegal | 68.9 | 71 | 67 |
 | Eritrea | 68.9 | 70.9 | 66.8 |
 | Mauritania | 68.7 | 70.7 | 66.7 |
 | Gabon | 68.5 | 71.2 | 66.1 |
 | Uganda | 68.5 | 71.4 | 65.5 |
 | Rwanda | 68 | 70.1 | 65.7 |
 | Ethiopia | 67.6 | 71 | 64.3 |
 | Malawi | 67.6 | 70.8 | 64.3 |
 | Namibia | 67.5 | 71.5 | 63.5 |
 | Tanzania | 67.2 | 70 | 64.4 |
 | Comoros | 67 | 69.2 | 65 |
 | Zambia | 66.5 | 68.9 | 64.1 |
 | Sudan | 66.5 | 69.8 | 63.5 |
 | South Africa | 66.3 | 69.8 | 62.8 |
 | Djibouti | 66.2 | 68.7 | 63.7 |
 | Gambia | 66.1 | 67.8 | 64.3 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 66 | 67.7 | 64.3 |
 | Ghana | 65.7 | 68.2 | 63.3 |
 | Angola | 64.8 | 67.3 | 62.3 |
 | Eswatini | 64.3 | 67.1 | 61.3 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.3 | 66.5 | 61.8 |
 | Cameroon | 64 | 66.2 | 61.8 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.9 | 65.9 | 62.2 |
 | Kenya | 63.8 | 66.1 | 61.6 |
 | Madagascar | 63.8 | 65.6 | 62.1 |
 | Burundi | 63.8 | 65.9 | 61.8 |
 | Mozambique | 63.8 | 66.7 | 60.5 |
 | Zimbabwe | 63.1 | 65.3 | 60.5 |
 | Togo | 62.9 | 63.1 | 62.7 |
 | Liberia | 62.3 | 63.6 | 61 |
 | Ivory Coast | 62.1 | 64.3 | 60.2 |
 | DR Congo | 62.1 | 64.2 | 60 |
 | Sierra Leone | 62 | 63.7 | 60.2 |
 | Niger | 61.4 | 62.4 | 60.5 |
 | Burkina Faso | 61.3 | 63.4 | 59.1 |
 | Benin | 61 | 62.4 | 59.5 |
 | Guinea | 60.9 | 62.1 | 59.7 |
 | Mali | 60.7 | 62.1 | 59.3 |
 | Somalia | 59 | 61.5 | 56.5 |
 | Lesotho | 57.8 | 60.4 | 55 |
 | South Sudan | 57.7 | 60.8 | 54.8 |
 | Central African Republic | 57.7 | 59.6 | 55.5 |
 | Chad | 55.2 | 57.2 | 53.4 |
 | Nigeria | 54.6 | 54.9 | 54.3 |
United Nations data are 2023 projections. - All World Bank data pertain to year 2020 except for Curacao, whose data pertains to 2017.
Sources
- Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - World Bank
- Life expectancy at birth, male (years) - World Bank
- Life expectancy at birth, female (years) - World Bank
- Life expectancy at birth for both sexes combined (years) - United Nations
- Life expectancy at birth, males (years) - United Nations
- Life expectancy at birth, females (years) - United Nations
- Life Expectancy at Birth - World Health Organization
- Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) at Birth - World Health Organization
- United Nations: National Accounts Main Aggregates Database
