Life Expectancy in Africa 2026

Life Expectancy UN

5 Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy

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76.7

76.5

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76.2

Country	Life Expectancy UN 2024↓	Female Life Expectancy UN 2024	Male Life Expectancy UN 2024
Reunion	83.7	86.45	80.67
Tunisia	76.7	79.33	74.13
Algeria	76.5	77.91	75.10
Mayotte	76.2	78.51	74.27
Cape Verde	76.2	79.37	73.05
Morocco	75.5	77.78	73.35
Mauritius	75.1	78.34	72.11
Seychelles	73.0	76.66	70.08
Egypt	71.8	74.01	69.65
Western Sahara	71.6	73.77	69.87
Libya	71.1	72.68	69.63
Sao Tome and Principe	69.9	73.91	66.41
Botswana	69.3	71.85	66.78
Senegal	68.9	71.01	67.01
Eritrea	68.9	70.94	66.76
Mauritania	68.7	70.73	66.70
Gabon	68.5	71.24	66.06
Uganda	68.5	71.37	65.49
Rwanda	68.0	70.14	65.71
Ethiopia	67.6	71.02	64.35
Malawi	67.6	70.77	64.27
Namibia	67.5	71.48	63.45
Tanzania	67.2	70.00	64.40
Comoros	67.0	69.20	65.01
Zambia	66.5	68.87	64.10
Sudan	66.5	69.83	63.45
South Africa	66.3	69.79	62.78
Djibouti	66.2	68.74	63.73
Gambia	66.1	67.75	64.35
Republic of the Congo	66.0	67.71	64.33
Ghana	65.7	68.16	63.31
Angola	64.8	67.34	62.27
Eswatini	64.3	67.11	61.32
Guinea-Bissau	64.3	66.55	61.82
Cameroon	64.0	66.23	61.78
Equatorial Guinea	63.9	65.89	62.22
Kenya	63.8	66.12	61.64
Madagascar	63.8	65.60	62.12
Burundi	63.8	65.88	61.75
Mozambique	63.8	66.74	60.49
Zimbabwe	63.1	65.31	60.49
Togo	62.9	63.15	62.70
Liberia	62.3	63.63	61.02
Ivory Coast	62.1	64.31	60.17
DR Congo	62.1	64.23	59.96
Sierra Leone	62.0	63.70	60.23
Niger	61.4	62.41	60.49
Burkina Faso	61.3	63.43	59.11
Benin	61.0	62.42	59.52
Guinea	60.9	62.09	59.66
Mali	60.7	62.15	59.25
Somalia	59.0	61.55	56.49
Lesotho	57.8	60.44	55.03
South Sudan	57.7	60.75	54.76
Central African Republic	57.7	59.56	55.51
Chad	55.2	57.19	53.36
Nigeria	54.6	54.94	54.33