Life Expectancy in Africa 2024

57 countries

Country	UN - Life expectancy - Both sexes	UN - Male	UN - Female	WB - Both sexes	WB - Male	WB - Female
Reunion	82.95	80.15	85.64
Mayotte	78.22	74.95	81.61
Algeria	77.54	76.25	78.89	76	75	78
Tunisia	77.16	74.1	80.37	74	71	77
Cape Verde	77.13	72.81	81.08	74	70	78
Mauritius	75.84	72.92	78.86	74	70	77
Morocco	75.43	73.33	77.65	74	72	76
Seychelles	75.21	71.54	79.54	73	71	76
Libya	73.44	70.41	76.73	72	70	74
Egypt	72.2	69.79	74.69	70	68	73
Western Sahara	71.39	69.69	73.58
Senegal	70.17	67.48	72.69	67	65	69
Sao Tome and Principe	68.98	66.2	72.15	68	65	70
Eritrea	68.73	71.11	70.85	67	64	69
Tanzania	68.13	65.94	70.37	66	64	68
Rwanda	67.56	65.2	69.73	66	64	68
Ethiopia	67.3	64.43	70.32	65	62	68
Gabon	67.3	65.19	69.69	66	63	68
Madagascar	67.16	64.84	69.6	64	62	67
South Africa	66.87	63.5	69.9	62	59	65
Mauritania	66.84	64.8	68.9	64	63	66
Sudan	66.43	63.87	69.03	65	63	68
Botswana	66.2	63.58	68.74	61	59	64
Ghana	65.64	63.48	67.84	64	62	66
Malawi	65.37	61.59	69.16	63	59	66
Comoros	65.27	63.12	67.6	63	61	66
Gambia	64.86	63.31	66.41	62	61	64
Djibouti	64.26	61.78	66.82	62	60	65
Niger	64.22	63.07	65.41	62	60	63
Namibia	64.11	60.38	67.64	59	56	63
Kenya	64.1	61.74	66.52	61	59	64
Uganda	64.05	61.8	66.15	63	60	65
Zambia	63.64	60.86	66.35	61	58	64
Republic of the Congo	63.47	61.87	65.1	64	62	65
Angola	63.43	60.9	65.97	62	59	64
Burundi	63.27	61.16	65.37	62	60	64
Mozambique	62.64	59.73	65.44	59	56	62
Cameroon	62.51	60.99	64.04	60	59	62
Equatorial Guinea	62.46	60.71	64.49	61	59	63
Liberia	62.26	60.93	63.59	61	59	62
Zimbabwe	62.08	59.32	64.5	59	56	62
Togo	62.03	61.32	62.74	62	61	62
Guinea Bissau	61.93	59.74	64	60	57	62
Eswatini	61.64	58.04	65.45	57	53	61
Benin	61.41	59.9	62.92	60	58	61
Sierra Leone	61.26	59.84	62.66	60	59	61
DR Congo	61.18	59.15	63.25	59	57	62
Burkina Faso	61.08	59.13	62.96	59	57	61
Mali	60.84	59.6	62.13	59	58	60
Guinea	60.71	59.42	61.93	59	58	60
Ivory Coast	60.3	59.03	61.69	59	57	60
Somalia	58.11	56.07	60.22	55	53	57
South Sudan	57.1	55.57	58.57	55	53	56
Central African Republic	56.1	54.05	58.22	54	52	56
Lesotho	55.1	52.29	81.64	53	50	56
Chad	54.12	52.45	55.84	53	51	54
Nigeria	54.11	53.71	54.5	53	52	53

Life Expectancy in Africa 2024

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