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Sub-Saharan Africa
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

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0.019.138.157.276.3SeychellesSeychelles: 76.30 years76.3Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 76.22 years76.2MauritiusMauritius: 73.79 years73.8Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 69.91 years69.9BotswanaBotswana: 69.29 years69.3SenegalSenegal: 68.92 years68.9EritreaEritrea: 68.89 years68.9MauritaniaMauritania: 68.71 years68.7GabonGabon: 68.51 years68.5UgandaUganda: 68.49 years68.5RwandaRwanda: 68.02 years68.0EthiopiaEthiopia: 67.60 years67.6

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Seychelles 76.30 years
2 Cabo Verde 76.22 years
3 Mauritius 73.79 years
4 Sao Tome and Principe 69.91 years
5 Botswana 69.29 years
6 Senegal 68.92 years
7 Eritrea 68.89 years
8 Mauritania 68.71 years
9 Gabon 68.51 years
10 Uganda 68.49 years
11 Rwanda 68.02 years
12 Ethiopia 67.60 years
13 Malawi 67.56 years
14 Namibia 67.52 years
15 Tanzania 67.21 years
16 Comoros 67.02 years
17 Zambia 66.53 years
18 Sudan 66.52 years
19 South Africa 66.31 years
20 Gambia, The 66.06 years
21 Congo, Rep. 66.00 years
22 Ghana 65.70 years
23 Angola 64.81 years
24 Eswatini 64.26 years
25 Guinea-Bissau 64.25 years
26 Cameroon 63.97 years
27 Equatorial Guinea 63.91 years
28 Madagascar 63.84 years
29 Kenya 63.83 years
30 Burundi 63.82 years
31 Mozambique 63.80 years
32 Zimbabwe 63.06 years
33 Togo 62.94 years
34 Liberia 62.32 years
35 Cote d'Ivoire 62.11 years
36 Congo, Dem. Rep. 62.07 years
37 Sierra Leone 61.96 years
38 Niger 61.43 years
39 Burkina Faso 61.29 years
40 Benin 60.96 years
41 Guinea 60.90 years
42 Mali 60.68 years
43 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 58.97 years
44 Lesotho 57.80 years
45 South Sudan 57.74 years
46 Central African Republic 57.67 years
47 Chad 55.24 years
48 Nigeria 54.64 years