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LIFE EXPECTANCY AFRICA

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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Angola
34.48
1
2. Somalia
33.96
2
3. Central Africa
31.33
3
4. South Sudan
29.12
4
5. Chad
28.91
5
6. Guinea-Bissau
26.71
6
7. Mali
23.44
7
8. Nigeria
23.20
8
9. Cote d Ivoire
22.24
9
10. Guinea
21.44
10
11. Sierra Leone
21.44
11
12. Equ. Guinea
20.88
12
13. Lesotho
20.79
13
14. DR Congo
19.33
15
15. Burundi
19.08
16
16. Gambia
18.57
17
17. Cameroon
18.22
19
18. Benin
18.14
20
19. Sudan
17.93
21
20. Ethiopia
17.57
22
21. Comoros
17.51
24
22. Niger
17.35
25
23. Djibouti
17.28
26
24. Ghana
16.94
27
25. Togo
16.78
28
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Mozambique
16.26
30
27. Mauritania
15.91
31
28. Burkina Faso
15.40
32
29. Zambia
14.54
33
30. Zimbabwe
14.47
34
31. Liberia
14.24
36
32. Kenya
14.08
37
33. Malawi
12.31
42
34. Tanzania
12.13
43
35. Gabon
12.00
44
36. Madagascar
11.93
45
37. Uganda
11.77
46
38. Senegal
11.51
48
39. Eritrea
10.67
50
40. Botswana
10.12
54
41. Rwanda
9.94
56
42. Congo
9.52
59
43. Sao Tome
9.21
61
44. Swaziland
8.83
62
45. Namibia
8.05
66
46. South Africa
4.92
79
47. Cape Verde
3.76
81
48. Seychelles
1.80
118
49. Mauritius
1.30
131
ICD-10 CODES: P03, P10-P15, P20-P21, P24-P26, P29
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.