South Africa's Life Expectancy

LATEST ESTIMATE IN YEARS

Life expectancy is the average age of death in each country.
South Africa's life expectancy is 62 against a global average is 72.8 years.

South Africa's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C.


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Hong Kong 85.5
Japan 84.8
Australia 84.5
Switzerland 84.0
Malta 83.8
Korea, Rep. 83.7
Norway 83.2
Spain 83.0
Sweden 83.0
Italy 82.9
Singapore 82.8
Canada 82.7
Iceland 82.7
Luxembourg 82.6
France 82.5
New Zealand 82.5
Israel 82.3
Finland 82.0
Ireland 82.0
Belgium 81.9
Netherlands 81.7
Austria 81.6
Denmark 81.4
Cyprus 81.2
Portugal 81.0
Taiwan 81.0
Slovenia 80.7
United Kingdom 80.7
Germany 80.6
Greece 80.1
Qatar 79.3
Chile 78.9
Bahrain 78.8
Kuwait 78.7
Thailand 78.7
United Arab Emirates 78.7
China 78.2
Czechia 77.7
Croatia 77.6
United States 77.2
Estonia 77.1
Costa Rica 77.0
Saudi Arabia 76.9
Albania 76.5
Poland 76.5
Algeria 76.4
Sri Lanka 76.4
Panama 76.2
Türkiye 76.0
Argentina 75.4
Uruguay 75.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.3
Lebanon 75.0
Malaysia 74.9
Slovak Republic 74.9
Hungary 74.5
Jordan 74.3
Romania 74.2
Serbia 74.2
Morocco 74.0
Nicaragua 73.8
North Macedonia 73.8
Tunisia 73.8
Ecuador 73.7
Lithuania 73.7
Latvia 73.6
Mauritius 73.6
Vietnam 73.6
Brazil 72.8
Colombia 72.8
Dominican Republic 72.6
Oman 72.5
Bangladesh 72.4
Belarus 72.4
Peru 72.4
Armenia 72.0
Libya 71.9
Bhutan 71.8
Bulgaria 71.8
Georgia 71.7
Bahamas, The 71.6
Tajikistan 71.6
Ukraine 71.6
Mongolia 71.0
Uzbekistan 70.9
El Salvador 70.7
Jamaica 70.5
Paraguay 70.3
Suriname 70.3
Egypt 70.2
Mexico 70.2
Honduras 70.1
Kyrgyzstan 70.0
Cambodia 69.6
Azerbaijan 69.4
Kazakhstan 69.4
Russia 69.4
Philippines 69.3
Turkmenistan 69.3
Guatemala 69.2
Moldova 68.8
Nepal 68.5
Laos 68.1
Indonesia 67.6
India 67.2
Senegal 67.1
Tanzania 66.2
Pakistan 66.1
Rwanda 66.1
Gabon 65.8
Guyana 65.7
Myanmar 65.7
Papua New Guinea 65.4
Sudan 65.3
Ethiopia 65.0
Madagascar 64.5
Mauritania 64.4
Ghana 63.8
Yemen, Rep. 63.8
Bolivia 63.6
Congo, Rep. 63.5
Comoros 63.4
Haiti 63.2
Malawi 62.9
Uganda 62.7
South Africa 62.3
Gambia 62.1
Afghanistan 62.0
Burundi 61.7
Angola 61.6
Niger 61.6
Togo 61.6
Kenya 61.4
Zambia 61.2
Botswana 61.1
Liberia 60.7
Cameroon 60.3
Sierra Leone 60.1
Benin 59.8
Guinea-Bissau 59.7
Burkina Faso 59.3
Mozambique 59.3
Namibia 59.3
Zimbabwe 59.3
Congo, Dem. Rep 59.2
Guinea 58.9
Mali 58.9
Cote d'Ivoire 58.6
Eswatini 57.1
Central African Republic 53.9
Lesotho 53.1
Nigeria 52.7
Chad 52.5


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