Sub-Saharan Africa Life Expectancy (1950-2025)

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Population Growth Rate Density Urban Rural Life Expectancy Birth Rate Death Rate Infant Mortality Rate Fertility Rate

Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2025 is 62.70, a 0.46% increase from 2024.

Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2024 was 62.41, a 0.31% decline from 2023.
Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2023 was 62.60, a 1.21% increase from 2022.
Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2022 was 61.86, a 1.9% increase from 2021.

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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Sub-Saharan Africa Life Expectancy | Historical Data | 1950 - 2025.