Life expectancy - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Life expectancy, in years, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 53 countries was 63.41 years. The highest value was in Algeria: 77.13 years and the lowest value was in Chad: 53 years. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: years; Source: The United Nations Population Division
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Countries Life expectancy, 2022 Global rank Available data
Algeria 77.13 1 1960 - 2022
Morocco 74.97 2 1960 - 2022
Cape Verde 74.72 3 1960 - 2022
Tunisia 74.26 4 1960 - 2022
Seychelles 73.85 5 1980 - 2022
Mauritius 73.51 6 1960 - 2022
Libya 72.15 7 1960 - 2022
Egypt 70.16 8 1960 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 68.79 9 1960 - 2022
Senegal 67.91 10 1960 - 2022
Rwanda 67.13 11 1960 - 2022
Tanzania 66.78 12 1960 - 2022
Eritrea 66.6 13 1960 - 2022
Botswana 65.91 14 1960 - 2022
Gabon 65.69 15 1960 - 2022
Ethiopia 65.64 16 1960 - 2022
Sudan 65.58 17 1960 - 2022
Madagascar 65.23 18 1960 - 2022
Mauritania 64.69 19 1960 - 2022
Ghana 63.94 20 1960 - 2022
Comoros 63.68 21 1960 - 2022
Uganda 63.64 22 1960 - 2022
R. of Congo 63.05 23 1960 - 2022
Gambia 62.91 24 1960 - 2022
Malawi 62.9 25 1960 - 2022
Djibouti 62.86 26 1960 - 2022
Niger 62.08 27 1960 - 2022
Kenya 62.06 28 1960 - 2022
Burundi 61.98 29 1960 - 2022
Angola 61.93 30 1960 - 2022
Zambia 61.8 31 1960 - 2022
Togo 61.59 32 1960 - 2022
South Africa 61.48 33 1960 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 61.19 34 1960 - 2022
Liberia 61.1 35 1960 - 2022
Cameroon 60.96 36 1960 - 2022
Sierra Leone 60.41 37 1960 - 2022
Benin 59.95 38 1960 - 2022
G.-Bissau 59.86 39 1960 - 2022
Burkina Faso 59.77 40 1960 - 2022
DR Congo 59.74 41 1960 - 2022
Mozambique 59.63 42 1960 - 2022
Mali 59.42 43 1960 - 2022
Zimbabwe 59.39 44 1960 - 2022
Guinea 58.99 45 1960 - 2022
Ivory Coast 58.92 46 1960 - 2022
Namibia 58.06 47 1960 - 2022
Swaziland 56.36 48 1960 - 2022
Somalia 56.11 49 1960 - 2022
C.A. Republic 54.48 50 1960 - 2022
Nigeria 53.63 51 1960 - 2022
Lesotho 53.04 52 1960 - 2022
Chad 53 53 1960 - 2022



Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

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1. Algeria
2. Morocco
3. Cape Verde
4. Tunisia
5. Seychelles
6. Mauritius
7. Libya
8. Egypt
9. S.T.&Principe
10. Senegal
11. Rwanda
12. Tanzania
13. Eritrea
14. Botswana
15. Gabon
16. Ethiopia
17. Sudan
18. Madagascar
19. Mauritania
20. Ghana
21. Comoros
22. Uganda
23. R. of Congo
24. Gambia
25. Malawi
26. Djibouti
27. Niger
28. Kenya
29. Burundi
30. Angola
31. Zambia
32. Togo
33. South Africa
34. Eq. Guinea
35. Liberia
36. Cameroon
37. Sierra Leone
38. Benin
39. G.-Bissau
40. Burkina Faso
41. DR Congo
42. Mozambique
43. Mali
44. Zimbabwe
45. Guinea
46. Ivory Coast
47. Namibia
48. Swaziland
49. Somalia
50. C.A. Republic
51. Nigeria
52. Lesotho
53. Chad
77.13
74.97
74.72
74.26
73.85
73.51
72.15
70.16
68.79
67.91
67.13
66.78
66.60
65.91
65.69
65.64
65.58
65.23
64.69
63.94
63.68
63.64
63.05
62.91
62.90
62.86
62.08
62.06
61.98
61.93
61.80
61.59
61.48
61.19
61.10
60.96
60.41
59.95
59.86
59.77
59.74
59.63
59.42
59.39
58.99
58.92
58.06
56.36
56.11
54.48
53.63
53.04
53.00
0
19.3
38.6
57.8
77.13


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