List of African countries by life expectancy

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2020 according to the World Bank Group.[1][2][3] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Africa.

Countries	all	male	female	gender gap	Δ 2019 all	Δ 2019 male	Δ 2019 female	Δ 2019 gen. gap
Seychelles	77.24	72.70	82.00	9.30	3.19	2.80	3.60	0.80
Algeria	77.06	75.86	78.32	2.46	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.01
Morocco	76.90	75.65	78.12	2.47	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.00
Tunisia	76.89	74.88	78.90	4.02	0.19	0.19	0.18	-0.01
Middle East & North Africa	74.45	72.81	76.25	3.43	0.18	0.18	0.17	-0.01
Mauritius	74.18	70.86	77.66	6.80	-0.06	-0.21	0.10	0.31
Cape Verde	73.17	69.72	76.38	6.66	0.19	0.20	0.19	-0.01
Libya	73.08	70.27	76.11	5.83	0.17	0.17	0.15	-0.02
World	72.75	70.57	75.06	4.49	-0.02	-0.03	-0.01	0.02
Egypt	72.15	69.88	74.53	4.65	0.16	0.14	0.18	0.04
São Tomé and Príncipe	70.58	68.16	73.03	4.87	0.20	0.18	0.22	0.04
Botswana	69.79	66.67	72.60	5.94	0.20	0.18	0.22	0.04
Rwanda	69.33	67.11	71.46	4.35	0.30	0.29	0.32	0.04
Senegal	68.21	66.01	70.20	4.19	0.27	0.26	0.28	0.03
Djibouti	67.49	65.47	69.77	4.30	0.38	0.35	0.41	0.06
Madagascar	67.39	65.75	69.05	3.30	0.35	0.33	0.37	0.04
Kenya	66.99	64.59	69.35	4.76	0.29	0.28	0.30	0.02
Ethiopia	66.95	65.04	68.91	3.87	0.36	0.34	0.37	0.03
Gabon	66.69	64.58	68.93	4.35	0.22	0.19	0.26	0.07
Eritrea	66.68	64.50	68.92	4.43	0.36	0.34	0.37	0.03
Tanzania	65.81	64.01	67.59	3.58	0.36	0.37	0.35	-0.01
Sudan	65.53	63.66	67.43	3.76	0.22	0.20	0.24	0.04
Mauritania	65.13	63.50	66.73	3.23	0.20	0.20	0.22	0.02
Congo	64.80	63.29	66.29	3.00	0.23	0.21	0.26	0.06
Malawi	64.69	61.52	67.85	6.33	0.43	0.42	0.44	0.01
Comoros	64.53	62.77	66.34	3.57	0.20	0.19	0.22	0.03
Liberia	64.42	63.02	65.83	2.81	0.32	0.30	0.33	0.03
South Africa	64.38	60.97	67.93	6.96	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.01
Ghana	64.35	63.24	65.48	2.24	0.27	0.25	0.30	0.05
Africa Eastern and Southern	64.33	62.12	66.53	4.41	0.32	0.31	0.33	0.02
Zambia	64.19	61.12	67.24	6.11	0.31	0.28	0.34	0.07
Namibia	64.05	61.02	66.85	5.84	0.34	0.33	0.34	0.01
Uganda	63.71	61.32	66.00	4.68	0.34	0.32	0.38	0.06
Niger	62.79	61.64	64.01	2.37	0.37	0.36	0.39	0.03
Gambia	62.38	60.97	63.83	2.86	0.33	0.31	0.35	0.03
Benin	62.08	60.49	63.65	3.15	0.31	0.29	0.32	0.03
Burkina Faso	61.98	61.12	62.72	1.60	0.40	0.38	0.43	0.05
Guinea	61.96	61.18	62.51	1.33	0.36	0.33	0.39	0.06
Sub-Saharan Africa	61.95	60.17	63.75	3.58	0.32	0.31	0.34	0.03
Burundi	61.92	60.09	63.72	3.63	0.33	0.32	0.34	0.02
Zimbabwe	61.74	60.04	63.16	3.13	0.25	0.24	0.27	0.03
Angola	61.49	58.74	64.38	5.64	0.34	0.33	0.34	0.02
Mozambique	61.39	58.30	64.21	5.91	0.53	0.52	0.54	0.02
Togo	61.34	60.43	62.24	1.81	0.30	0.28	0.32	0.04
DR Congo	60.97	59.42	62.54	3.12	0.29	0.27	0.31	0.03
Eswatini	60.72	56.52	65.41	8.90	0.53	0.51	0.57	0.06
Mali	59.69	58.89	60.49	1.60	0.39	0.36	0.41	0.04
Cameroon	59.63	58.35	60.90	2.55	0.33	0.32	0.34	0.02
Equatorial Guinea	59.06	58.06	60.25	2.19	0.32	0.31	0.33	0.02
Guinea-Bissau	58.63	56.62	60.52	3.90	0.31	0.31	0.31	-0.00
Africa Western and Central	58.45	57.33	59.58	2.25	0.33	0.31	0.35	0.03
Ivory Coast	58.10	56.90	59.45	2.56	0.32	0.30	0.34	0.03
South Sudan	58.09	56.59	59.64	3.05	0.25	0.24	0.26	0.01
Somalia	57.70	56.01	59.44	3.43	0.30	0.29	0.31	0.02
Sierra Leone	55.07	54.21	55.88	1.66	0.37	0.36	0.38	0.02
Nigeria	55.02	54.10	55.97	1.87	0.33	0.31	0.35	0.04
Lesotho	54.84	51.70	58.09	6.38	0.50	0.50	0.51	0.01
Chad	54.51	53.09	55.95	2.85	0.27	0.26	0.28	0.02
Central African Republic	53.68	51.45	55.93	4.48	0.40	0.37	0.42	0.05

For comparison, life expectancy at birth for 2019 according to the World Bank Group.[1][2][3]

Comparison of life expectancy in some African countries, 1960–2019

Countries	all	male	female	gender gap	Δ 2014	Δ 2000
Algeria	76.88	75.68	78.13	2.46	1.00	6.24
Tunisia	76.70	74.69	78.72	4.03	0.97	3.53
Morocco	76.68	75.42	77.89	2.47	1.20	8.00
Middle East & North Africa	74.27	72.63	76.08	3.45	0.94	4.38
Mauritius	74.24	71.07	77.56	6.49	0.04	2.57
Seychelles	74.05	69.90	78.40	8.50	0.82	1.27
Cape Verde	72.98	69.53	76.20	6.67	1.09	4.40
Libya	72.91	70.10	75.95	5.85	0.93	2.06
World	72.76	70.60	75.07	4.47	1.02	5.21
Egypt	71.99	69.74	74.35	4.61	0.87	3.39
São Tomé and Príncipe	70.39	67.98	72.81	4.83	1.33	9.02
Botswana	69.59	66.48	72.39	5.90	3.33	18.96
Rwanda	69.02	66.82	71.13	4.31	2.14	20.38
Senegal	67.94	65.76	69.92	4.16	1.57	10.15
Djibouti	67.11	65.12	69.36	4.24	3.94	10.09
Madagascar	67.04	65.42	68.68	3.27	1.91	8.56
Kenya	66.70	64.31	69.05	4.74	2.56	15.78
Ethiopia	66.60	64.69	68.54	3.84	2.05	14.66
Gabon	66.47	64.38	68.67	4.29	2.15	8.20
Eritrea	66.32	64.15	68.56	4.40	2.12	11.05
Tanzania	65.46	63.64	67.23	3.59	3.17	14.66
Sudan	65.31	63.47	67.19	3.72	1.14	6.84
Mauritania	64.92	63.30	66.52	3.21	1.27	4.22
Congo	64.57	63.08	66.02	2.94	1.99	12.45
Comoros	64.32	62.59	66.12	3.53	1.11	4.86
Malawi	64.26	61.10	67.41	6.31	3.22	19.17
South Africa	64.13	60.73	67.68	6.95	2.16	8.08
Liberia	64.10	62.72	65.50	2.78	2.38	12.37
Ghana	64.07	62.99	65.18	2.19	1.66	7.07
Africa Eastern and Southern	64.01	61.81	66.20	4.39	2.36	12.73
Zambia	63.89	60.85	66.89	6.04	3.05	19.89
Namibia	63.71	60.69	66.52	5.83	2.28	11.52
Uganda	63.37	61.00	65.62	4.62	2.70	17.14
Niger	62.42	61.28	63.62	2.34	2.35	12.49
Gambia	62.05	60.66	63.48	2.83	1.38	6.09
Benin	61.77	60.20	63.32	3.12	1.43	6.38
Sub-Saharan Africa	61.63	59.86	63.41	3.55	2.22	11.18
Guinea	61.60	60.85	62.12	1.26	2.59	10.40
Burundi	61.58	59.76	63.38	3.61	1.92	12.49
Burkina Faso	61.58	60.74	62.29	1.55	2.13	11.09
Zimbabwe	61.49	59.80	62.90	3.10	3.08	16.84
Angola	61.15	58.42	64.04	5.62	2.37	14.62
Togo	61.04	60.15	61.92	1.77	1.46	7.55
Mozambique	60.85	57.78	63.67	5.89	4.79	11.91
DR Congo	60.68	59.15	62.23	3.09	1.85	10.64
Eswatini	60.19	56.01	64.84	8.84	6.62	12.70
Mali	59.31	58.53	60.09	1.56	2.27	11.24
Cameroon	59.29	58.03	60.56	2.53	2.21	8.30
Equatorial Guinea	58.73	57.74	59.92	2.17	1.73	5.46
Guinea-Bissau	58.32	56.30	60.21	3.91	1.77	7.95
Africa Western and Central	58.12	57.01	59.23	2.22	2.03	8.90
South Sudan	57.85	56.35	59.38	3.03	1.29	8.68
Ivory Coast	57.78	56.59	59.12	2.53	2.27	8.15
Somalia	57.40	55.73	59.13	3.41	1.89	6.53
Sierra Leone	54.70	53.85	55.49	1.64	2.32	15.25
Nigeria	54.69	53.79	55.62	1.83	2.02	8.42
Lesotho	54.33	51.20	57.58	6.38	4.44	6.64
Chad	54.24	52.84	55.67	2.83	1.45	6.53
Central African Republic	53.28	51.08	55.51	4.43	3.15	9.09

List of countries by life expectancy for 2019 according to the World Health Organization.[4]

Countries	Life expectancy at birth					HALE at birth					Life expectancy at age 60					HALE at age 60
	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000
Algeria	77.1	76.2	78.1	1.9	4.9	66.4	66.7	66.1	-0.6	3.7	22.0	21.5	22.6	1.1	2.2	16.0	15.9	16.2	0.3	1.4
Tunisia	77.0	74.9	79.2	4.3	2.9	66.9	66.1	67.7	1.6	2.1	21.5	20.2	22.8	2.6	1.4	16.0	15.1	16.8	1.7	0.9
Libya	75.8	74.2	77.3	3.1	1.4	65.2	64.9	65.5	0.6	0.6	21.3	20.5	21.9	1.4	0.3	15.5	15.3	15.8	0.5	-0.1
Mauritius	74.1	71.0	77.3	6.3	2.9	63.9	62.0	65.9	3.9	2.0	20.3	18.5	22.0	3.5	2.5	14.5	13.3	15.6	2.3	1.6
Cape Verde	74.0	69.9	77.9	8.0	3.0	64.8	62.2	67.2	5.0	2.8	19.7	16.8	21.8	5.0	-0.7	14.9	13.0	16.3	3.3	-0.5
Seychelles	73.3	70.0	77.1	7.1	1.4	64.0	61.9	66.4	4.5	0.9	19.5	17.5	21.5	4.0	0.5	14.1	12.7	15.4	2.7	0.2
World	73.3	70.8	75.9	5.1	6.5	63.7	62.5	64.9	2.4	5.4	21.1	19.5	22.7	3.2	2.3	15.8	14.8	16.6	1.8	1.7
Morocco	73.0	71.7	74.3	2.6	3.7	63.7	63.7	63.7	0.0	3.0	18.7	17.7	19.6	1.9	0.3	14.1	13.7	14.6	0.9	0.0
Egypt	71.8	69.6	74.1	4.5	2.0	63.0	62.3	63.7	1.4	1.8	17.8	16.5	19.1	2.6	-0.7	13.4	12.7	14.0	1.3	-0.5
São Tomé and Príncipe	70.4	68.8	72.0	3.2	6.9	61.6	60.9	62.2	1.3	6.0	17.7	16.7	18.6	1.9	0.6	13.1	12.6	13.7	1.1	0.5
Rwanda	69.1	66.9	71.2	4.3	21.6	60.2	59.0	61.4	2.4	19.0	18.0	16.6	19.2	2.6	4.6	13.6	12.7	14.4	1.7	3.6
Sudan	69.1	67.6	70.8	3.2	6.6	59.9	59.6	60.3	0.7	5.6	18.6	17.8	19.4	1.6	1.3	13.6	13.3	14.0	0.7	1.0
Ethiopia	68.7	66.9	70.5	3.6	18.1	59.9	59.0	60.8	1.8	15.6	18.4	17.4	19.4	2.0	4.3	13.9	13.3	14.4	1.1	3.3
Senegal	68.6	66.8	70.1	3.3	10.0	59.4	58.8	59.9	1.1	8.6	18.1	17.2	18.9	1.7	1.5	13.1	12.6	13.5	0.9	1.1
Mauritania	68.4	68.1	68.7	0.6	6.4	59.8	60.2	59.4	-0.8	5.4	19.0	19.1	18.9	-0.2	1.9	14.3	14.6	14.1	-0.5	1.5
Comoros	67.4	65.9	68.9	3.0	5.9	58.9	58.3	59.6	1.3	5.1	18.1	17.4	18.8	1.4	1.8	13.7	13.2	14.1	0.9	1.4
Tanzania	67.3	65.4	69.3	3.9	14.8	58.5	57.6	59.3	1.7	13.1	18.2	17.1	19.1	2.0	2.2	13.4	12.7	13.9	1.2	1.7
Uganda	66.7	63.2	70.1	6.9	17.9	58.2	56.0	60.4	4.4	15.7	17.7	15.7	19.4	3.7	3.0	13.4	12.0	14.6	2.6	2.3
Gabon	66.5	63.6	69.7	6.1	8.4	57.6	56.0	59.3	3.3	7.1	17.2	15.2	19.3	4.1	2.0	12.8	11.4	14.2	2.8	1.5
Ghana	66.3	63.7	69.2	5.5	7.1	58.0	56.5	59.6	3.1	6.1	17.2	15.7	18.9	3.2	1.2	12.9	11.9	14.0	2.1	0.9
Kenya	66.1	63.7	68.4	4.7	12.2	57.7	56.4	58.9	2.5	10.8	17.6	16.0	19.1	3.1	1.3	13.1	11.9	14.0	2.1	1.3
Djibouti	65.8	64.1	67.8	3.7	6.0	58.0	57.2	58.9	1.7	5.3	17.8	16.6	19.0	2.4	1.5	13.6	12.9	14.4	1.5	1.1
Malawi	65.6	62.3	68.9	6.6	20.9	57.1	55.1	59.0	3.9	18.0	17.2	15.1	19.0	3.9	3.2	12.8	11.3	14.0	2.7	2.5
Gambia	65.5	63.4	67.7	4.3	6.3	57.0	56.4	57.7	1.3	5.3	16.9	15.8	18.0	2.2	0.7	12.6	12.1	13.2	1.1	0.4
Madagascar	65.3	64.1	66.6	2.5	6.5	57.3	56.9	57.7	0.8	6.0	16.8	16.1	17.3	1.2	1.4	12.6	12.3	12.9	0.6	1.1
South Africa	65.3	62.2	68.3	6.1	9.5	56.2	54.6	57.7	3.1	7.7	19.1	17.3	20.5	3.2	2.9	13.9	12.7	14.8	2.1	2.0
Congo	64.7	63.8	65.6	1.8	12.6	56.2	56.4	56.1	-0.3	10.8	16.4	15.7	17.1	1.4	2.5	12.2	11.9	12.5	0.6	1.9
Namibia	64.6	60.6	68.4	7.8	11.3	56.1	53.4	58.6	5.2	9.5	17.2	14.7	19.3	4.6	2.6	12.7	10.8	14.2	3.4	1.9
Africa[5]	64.5	62.4	66.6	4.2	11.8	56.0	55.0	57.1	2.1	10.2	17.9	16.7	19.0	2.3	2.4	13.3	12.6	13.9	1.3	1.8
Togo	64.3	61.5	67.2	5.7	8.4	56.2	54.7	57.8	3.1	7.3	17.0	15.4	18.6	3.2	1.3	12.8	11.8	13.8	2.0	1.1
Eritrea	64.1	61.3	67.1	5.8	9.6	55.7	53.9	57.7	3.8	8.7	15.5	14.1	16.8	2.7	2.0	11.4	10.4	12.4	2.0	1.5
Liberia	64.1	63.2	65.0	1.8	10.3	54.9	54.9	55.0	0.1	9.1	17.7	17.4	18.0	0.6	1.9	12.9	12.8	12.9	0.1	1.5
Burundi	63.8	61.5	66.1	4.6	20.0	55.6	54.0	57.2	3.2	17.5	16.5	15.2	17.6	2.4	3.5	12.7	11.8	13.5	1.7	2.8
Benin	63.4	61.2	65.7	4.5	6.8	55.5	54.5	56.6	2.1	5.9	17.4	16.1	18.5	2.4	1.3	13.0	12.3	13.7	1.4	0.9
Niger	63.3	62.1	64.6	2.5	12.9	55.5	55.3	55.8	0.5	11.3	17.2	16.6	17.8	1.2	1.4	13.0	12.7	13.3	0.6	1.0
Angola	63.1	60.7	65.5	4.8	13.8	54.8	53.6	56.2	2.6	11.9	17.0	15.4	18.6	3.2	2.6	12.6	11.6	13.7	2.1	1.9
Ivory Coast	62.9	60.5	65.8	5.3	12.6	54.8	53.4	56.5	3.1	10.8	17.1	15.8	18.7	2.9	2.6	12.7	11.9	13.7	1.8	2.0
Mali	62.8	62.2	63.4	1.2	10.2	54.6	54.8	54.5	-0.3	9.0	17.5	17.3	17.6	0.3	1.5	12.8	12.9	12.7	-0.2	1.1
South Sudan	62.8	60.8	64.8	4.0	8.7	53.7	52.9	54.5	1.6	7.3	17.8	16.6	18.9	2.3	1.5	12.7	12.2	13.1	0.9	1.1
Burkina Faso	62.7	60.1	65.2	5.1	11.1	54.9	53.4	56.3	2.9	10.0	16.8	15.2	18.1	2.9	1.3	12.6	11.6	13.4	1.8	1.1
Nigeria	62.6	61.2	64.1	2.9	9.0	54.4	53.9	54.9	1.0	7.9	18.2	17.6	18.9	1.3	2.0	13.5	13.3	13.8	0.5	1.5
Zambia	62.5	59.5	65.4	5.9	18.0	54.4	52.5	56.3	3.8	15.4	16.5	14.7	18.0	3.3	3.3	12.6	11.3	13.7	2.4	2.6
Cameroon	62.4	60.3	64.5	4.2	9.6	54.5	53.5	55.6	2.1	8.4	17.1	15.8	18.3	2.5	2.0	12.8	12.0	13.5	1.5	1.7
DR Congo	62.4	60.0	64.8	4.8	10.0	54.1	52.8	55.4	2.6	8.8	16.6	15.4	17.9	2.5	1.7	12.5	11.7	13.4	1.7	1.3
Equatorial Guinea	62.2	60.9	63.6	2.7	7.9	53.9	53.4	54.1	0.7	7.1	17.6	16.5	18.8	2.3	2.1	12.9	12.3	13.6	1.3	1.7
Botswana	62.2	58.9	65.5	6.6	16.6	53.9	51.9	55.8	3.9	13.8	16.2	14.2	18.0	3.8	3.3	11.8	10.3	13.1	2.8	2.4
Guinea	61.0	59.5	62.3	2.8	6.7	53.3	52.9	53.7	0.8	5.8	16.5	15.6	17.2	1.6	0.8	12.3	11.8	12.6	0.8	0.6
Sierra Leone	60.8	59.6	61.9	2.3	12.1	52.9	52.5	53.3	0.8	10.7	17.0	16.4	17.4	1.0	1.6	12.6	12.4	12.8	0.4	1.3
Zimbabwe	60.7	57.5	63.6	6.1	14.1	53.1	51.2	54.8	3.6	12.1	15.6	13.6	17.0	3.4	1.2	11.5	10.2	12.4	2.2	0.9
Guinea-Bissau	60.2	57.4	63.0	5.6	9.9	52.6	51.1	54.1	3.0	8.6	15.5	13.9	16.7	2.8	1.7	11.4	10.5	12.1	1.6	1.3
Chad	59.6	58.0	61.3	3.3	8.5	52.0	51.3	52.8	1.5	7.3	16.5	15.7	17.3	1.6	1.6	12.3	11.8	12.7	0.9	1.2
Mozambique	58.1	54.5	61.7	7.2	7.4	50.4	47.9	52.8	4.9	6.8	15.8	13.3	17.8	4.5	0.6	11.6	9.8	13.0	3.2	0.6
Eswatini	57.7	53.4	63.2	9.8	10.7	50.1	47.1	53.8	6.7	8.8	15.1	12.4	17.7	5.3	1.5	11.0	9.0	12.9	3.9	1.1
Somalia	56.5	54.0	59.2	5.2	6.6	49.7	48.3	51.3	3.0	5.7	14.5	13.2	16.0	2.8	1.4	11.2	10.3	12.2	1.9	1.1
Central African Republic	53.1	50.2	56.3	6.1	8.8	46.4	44.5	48.4	3.9	7.7	13.2	11.3	14.9	3.6	1.4	10.0	8.6	11.1	2.5	1.1
Lesotho	50.7	47.7	54.2	6.5	2.9	44.2	42.3	46.4	4.1	2.2	13.4	11.2	15.2	4.0	-0.5	9.8	8.3	11.0	2.7	-0.5

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