Sub-Saharan Africa Life Expectancy 1960-2025

Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2022 was 60.76, a 0.87% increase from 2021.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2021 was 60.24, a 1% decline from 2020.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2020 was 60.85, a 0.65% decline from 2019.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa life expectancy for 2019 was 61.24, a 0.63% increase from 2018.
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.