World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): South Africa

Most recent: 66.31 (2024)
Earliest: 52.58 (1960)
Highest: 66.31 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: South Africa at the United Nations

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	66.31
2023	66.14
2022	65.45
2021	62.01
2020	65.15
2019	66.07
2018	65.73
2017	65.42
2016	64.75
2015	64.05
2014	63.18
2013	62.39
2012	61.74
2011	60.6
2010	58.89
2009	57.41
2008	55.98
2007	54.95
2006	54.22
2005	53.91
2004	53.96
2003	54.24
2002	55.58
2001	57.16
2000	58.37
1999	59.19
1998	59.91
1997	60.54
1996	61.08
1995	61.6
1994	62.07
1993	62.62
1992	62.84
1991	62.98
1990	62.94
1989	63.02
1988	62.9
1987	62.69
1986	62.42
1985	62.2
1984	61.84
1983	61.39
1982	60.94
1981	60.45
1980	59.96
1979	59.47
1978	58.99
1977	58.48
1976	58
1975	57.59
1974	57.11
1973	56.72
1972	56.38
1971	56.02
1970	55.68
1969	55.44
1968	55.19
1967	54.95
1966	54.73
1965	54.43
1964	54.22
1963	53.9
1962	53.57
1961	53.07
1960	52.58

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