Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Health > Life expectancy at birth > Female > Years
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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | 77 years | 2002 | ||
| 2 | Mauritius | 76.52 years | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Cape Verde | 73.88 years | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 64.59 years | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Comoros | 64.02 years | 2005 | ||
| 6 | The Gambia | 58.16 years | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Sudan | 58.07 years | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Ghana | 57.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Senegal | 57.74 years | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Madagascar | 57.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Togo | 56.96 years | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Eritrea | 56.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Benin | 55.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Mauritania | 55.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Djibouti | 54.55 years | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Gabon | 54.31 years | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Guinea | 54.29 years | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Uganda | 50.64 years | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Mali | 49.28 years | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 49.27 years | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Somalia | 48.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 22 | South Africa | 48.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Kenya | 48.11 years | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.94 years | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Namibia | 46.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Tanzania | 46.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Cameroon | 46.64 years | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.51 years | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Rwanda | 45.73 years | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Burundi | 45.67 years | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Chad | 45.11 years | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Niger | 44.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Nigeria | 44 years | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Ethiopia | 43.43 years | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Liberia | 43.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Angola | 42.92 years | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 42.78 years | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.6 years | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Mozambique | 42.25 years | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Swaziland | 40.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Malawi | 40.22 years | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Central African Republic | 40.13 years | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Zambia | 37.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 36.55 years | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Lesotho | 35.86 years | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Botswana | 34.47 years | 2005 |