Lifestyle and Preventive Health
Life Expectancy in Africa 2026
Country | Life Expectancy UN 2026 (years)↓ | Female Life Expectancy UN 2026 | Male Life Expectancy UN 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Reunion | 83.9 | 86.68 | 80.94 |
 | Tunisia | 77.1 | 79.68 | 74.55 |
 | Algeria | 76.9 | 78.34 | 75.51 |
 | Mayotte | 76.6 | 78.85 | 74.63 |
 | Cape Verde | 76.6 | 79.68 | 73.44 |
 | Morocco | 75.9 | 78.13 | 73.71 |
 | Mauritius | 75.4 | 78.65 | 72.46 |
 | Libya | 75.2 | 77.83 | 72.71 |
 | Seychelles | 73.3 | 76.98 | 70.37 |
 | Egypt | 72.2 | 74.41 | 69.98 |
 | Western Sahara | 72.0 | 74.22 | 70.24 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70.3 | 74.26 | 66.74 |
 | Botswana | 69.6 | 72.17 | 67.03 |
 | Eritrea | 69.4 | 71.48 | 67.23 |
 | Senegal | 69.4 | 71.51 | 67.42 |
 | Mauritania | 69.2 | 71.20 | 67.09 |
 | Uganda | 68.9 | 71.83 | 65.90 |
 | Gabon | 68.9 | 71.64 | 66.40 |
 | Rwanda | 68.5 | 70.63 | 66.12 |
 | Ethiopia | 68.2 | 71.58 | 64.88 |
 | Malawi | 67.9 | 71.14 | 64.61 |
 | Namibia | 67.8 | 71.78 | 63.73 |
 | Tanzania | 67.6 | 70.44 | 64.78 |
 | Comoros | 67.5 | 69.69 | 65.43 |
 | Sudan | 66.9 | 70.21 | 63.78 |
 | Zambia | 66.9 | 69.27 | 64.42 |
 | South Africa | 66.7 | 70.16 | 63.12 |
 | Djibouti | 66.6 | 69.18 | 64.11 |
 | Gambia | 66.5 | 68.18 | 64.71 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 66.4 | 68.17 | 64.70 |
 | Ghana | 66.1 | 68.57 | 63.67 |
 | Angola | 65.2 | 67.73 | 62.62 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.6 | 66.91 | 62.13 |
 | Eswatini | 64.5 | 67.41 | 61.58 |
 | Cameroon | 64.5 | 66.79 | 62.30 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.3 | 66.33 | 62.58 |
 | Madagascar | 64.3 | 66.06 | 62.51 |
 | Kenya | 64.2 | 66.51 | 61.96 |
 | Mozambique | 64.1 | 67.11 | 60.83 |
 | Burundi | 64.1 | 66.24 | 62.04 |
 | Zimbabwe | 63.6 | 65.90 | 61.01 |
 | Togo | 63.3 | 63.61 | 63.03 |
 | Liberia | 62.6 | 63.97 | 61.27 |
 | Ivory Coast | 62.4 | 64.66 | 60.47 |
 | DR Congo | 62.4 | 64.57 | 60.25 |
 | Sierra Leone | 62.3 | 64.09 | 60.57 |
 | Niger | 61.9 | 62.90 | 60.90 |
 | Burkina Faso | 61.6 | 63.81 | 59.45 |
 | Benin | 61.3 | 62.81 | 59.84 |
 | Guinea | 61.2 | 62.44 | 59.95 |
 | Mali | 61.1 | 62.62 | 59.66 |
 | Somalia | 59.3 | 61.86 | 56.77 |
 | Lesotho | 58.6 | 61.29 | 55.85 |
 | Central African Republic | 58.1 | 60.06 | 55.97 |
 | South Sudan | 58.0 | 60.98 | 54.99 |
 | Chad | 55.6 | 57.56 | 53.68 |
 | Nigeria | 55.0 | 55.30 | 54.60 |
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
