South Africa · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in South Africa
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
66.31years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.26% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 66.312 | present |
| 2023 | 66.139 | present |
| 2022 | 65.454 | present |
| 2021 | 62.01 | present |
| 2020 | 65.15 | present |
| 2019 | 66.071 | present |
| 2018 | 65.726 | present |
| 2017 | 65.422 | present |
| 2016 | 64.749 | present |
| 2015 | 64.053 | present |
| 2014 | 63.184 | present |
| 2013 | 62.388 | present |
| 2012 | 61.737 | present |
| 2011 | 60.602 | present |
| 2010 | 58.886 | present |
| 2009 | 57.413 | present |
| 2008 | 55.982 | present |
| 2007 | 54.948 | present |
| 2006 | 54.22 | present |
| 2005 | 53.914 | present |
| 2004 | 53.963 | present |
| 2003 | 54.245 | present |
| 2002 | 55.58 | present |
| 2001 | 57.161 | present |
| 2000 | 58.368 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.