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LIFE EXPECTANCY AFRICA

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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cote d Ivoire
4.01
22
2. Sierra Leone
3.45
25
3. Chad
3.06
32
4. Mauritius
2.86
39
5. Zimbabwe
2.73
43
6. Cameroon
2.64
47
7. Equ. Guinea
2.60
48
8. Angola
2.58
49
9. Burkina Faso
2.56
50
10. Central Africa
2.39
54
11. Burundi
2.31
58
12. Nigeria
2.29
59
13. Benin
2.29
60
14. Togo
2.29
61
15. Guinea
2.26
63
16. Gambia
2.18
66
17. Mali
2.15
68
18. Rwanda
2.11
69
19. Ghana
1.99
71
20. Eritrea
1.93
73
21. Swaziland
1.93
74
22. Somalia
1.92
75
23. Guinea-Bissau
1.90
77
24. Comoros
1.83
80
25. Senegal
1.82
81
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Niger
1.80
82
27. South Sudan
1.75
84
28. Tanzania
1.74
85
29. Liberia
1.70
87
30. Djibouti
1.70
89
31. Mauritania
1.69
90
32. Ethiopia
1.66
91
33. Uganda
1.62
92
34. Lesotho
1.54
93
35. Zambia
1.48
95
36. Botswana
1.47
97
37. Namibia
1.44
99
38. Mozambique
1.43
100
39. Kenya
1.41
102
40. South Africa
1.39
105
41. DR Congo
1.33
108
42. Malawi
1.32
109
43. Congo
1.24
114
44. Seychelles
1.21
115
45. Gabon
1.18
118
46. Sao Tome
1.04
124
47. Madagascar
0.99
126
48. Cape Verde
0.79
136
49. Sudan
0.73
141
ICD-10 CODES: F10, G72.1, Q86.0, X45
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Age Adjusted Death Rate Estimates: 2017
Calculations Provided by World Life Expectancy
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.