South Africa
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
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.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- South Africa records 69.79 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #177 globally out of 217 countries.
- Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 54.58 years in 1960 to 69.79 years in 2024, a gain of 15.21 years.
- The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.
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