World Development Indicators

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

Most recent: 57.74 (2024)
Earliest: 28.05 (1960)
Highest: 58.28 (2013)
Years reported: 65
Member state: South Sudan 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	57.74
2023	57.62
2022	57.2
2021	57.05
2020	57.65
2019	58.13
2018	51.91
2017	35.35
2016	36.72
2015	39.76
2014	45.62
2013	58.28
2012	58.24
2011	57.67
2010	57.48
2009	56.85
2008	56.28
2007	55.42
2006	54.65
2005	53.97
2004	53.05
2003	52.32
2002	49.39
2001	48.55
2000	47.59
1999	44.54
1998	19.05
1997	33.07
1996	32.12
1995	31.51
1994	44.86
1993	22.26
1992	21.94
1991	29.18
1990	28.63
1989	28.22
1988	10.99
1987	20.72
1986	32.82
1985	32.36
1984	31.79
1983	34.73
1982	38.68
1981	38.31
1980	38.03
1979	37.8
1978	37.59
1977	37.4
1976	37.09
1975	36.87
1974	36.59
1973	36.28
1972	31.29
1971	30.99
1970	25.63
1969	25.4
1968	26.1
1967	25.86
1966	25.63
1965	28.78
1964	32.46
1963	28.25
1962	28.51
1961	28.28
1960	28.05

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