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Life expectancy

54 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Rank Country Value ascending As of vs previous
1 🇹🇳 Tunisia 76.7 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
2 🇩🇿 Algeria 76.5 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
3 🇸🇨 Seychelles 76.3 years 2024 ↑ 0.9 years + compare
4 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 76.2 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
5 🇲🇦 Morocco 75.5 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
6 🇲🇺 Mauritius 73.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.4 years + compare
7 🇪🇬 Egypt 71.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
8 🇱🇾 Libya 71.1 years 2024 ↑ 1.8 years + compare
9 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 69.9 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
10 🇧🇼 Botswana 69.3 years 2024 ↑ 0.1 years + compare
11 🇸🇳 Senegal 68.9 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
12 🇪🇷 Eritrea 68.9 years 2024 ↑ 0.3 years + compare
13 🇲🇷 Mauritania 68.7 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
14 🇬🇦 Gabon 68.5 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
15 🇺🇬 Uganda 68.5 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
16 🇷🇼 Rwanda 68 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
17 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 67.6 years 2024 ↑ 0.3 years + compare
18 🇲🇼 Malawi 67.6 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
19 🇳🇦 Namibia 67.5 years 2024 ↑ 0.1 years + compare
20 🇹🇿 Tanzania 67.2 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
21 🇰🇲 Comoros 67 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
22 🇿🇲 Zambia 66.5 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
23 🇸🇩 Sudan 66.5 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
24 🇿🇦 South Africa 66.3 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
25 🇩🇯 Djibouti 66.2 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
26 🇬🇲 Gambia 66.1 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
27 🇨🇬 Congo 66 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
28 🇬🇭 Ghana 65.7 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
29 🇦🇴 Angola 64.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
30 🇸🇿 Eswatini 64.3 years 2024 ↑ 0.1 years + compare
31 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 64.3 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
32 🇨🇲 Cameroon 64 years 2024 ↑ 0.3 years + compare
33 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 63.9 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
34 🇲🇬 Madagascar 63.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
35 🇰🇪 Kenya 63.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
36 🇧🇮 Burundi 63.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
37 🇲🇿 Mozambique 63.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
38 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 63.1 years 2024 ↑ 0.3 years + compare
39 🇹🇬 Togo 62.9 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
40 🇱🇷 Liberia 62.3 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
41 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 62.1 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
42 🇨🇩 DR Congo 62.1 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
43 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 62 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
44 🇳🇪 Niger 61.4 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
45 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 61.3 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
46 🇧🇯 Benin 61 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
47 🇬🇳 Guinea 60.9 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
48 🇲🇱 Mali 60.7 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
49 🇸🇴 Somalia 59 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
50 🇱🇸 Lesotho 57.8 years 2024 ↑ 0.4 years + compare
51 🇸🇸 South Sudan 57.7 years 2024 ↑ 0.1 years + compare
52 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 57.7 years 2024 ↑ 0.3 years + compare
53 🇹🇩 Chad 55.2 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
54 🇳🇬 Nigeria 54.6 years 2024 ↑ 0.2 years + compare
Median 65.8 years median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.