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

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Seychelles leads Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024 at 80.70 years, while Nigeria sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 54.94 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.240.460.580.7SeychellesSeychelles: 80.70 years80.7Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 79.37 years79.4MauritiusMauritius: 77.40 years77.4Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 73.91 years73.9BotswanaBotswana: 71.85 years71.9NamibiaNamibia: 71.48 years71.5UgandaUganda: 71.37 years71.4GabonGabon: 71.24 years71.2EthiopiaEthiopia: 71.02 years71.0SenegalSenegal: 71.01 years71.0EritreaEritrea: 70.94 years70.9MalawiMalawi: 70.77 years70.8

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Seychelles 80.70 years
2 Cabo Verde 79.37 years
3 Mauritius 77.40 years
4 Sao Tome and Principe 73.91 years
5 Botswana 71.85 years
6 Namibia 71.48 years
7 Uganda 71.37 years
8 Gabon 71.24 years
9 Ethiopia 71.02 years
10 Senegal 71.01 years
11 Eritrea 70.94 years
12 Malawi 70.77 years
13 Mauritania 70.73 years
14 Rwanda 70.14 years
15 Tanzania 70.00 years
16 Sudan 69.83 years
17 South Africa 69.79 years
18 Comoros 69.20 years
19 Zambia 68.87 years
20 Ghana 68.16 years
21 Gambia, The 67.75 years
22 Congo, Rep. 67.72 years
23 Angola 67.34 years
24 Eswatini 67.11 years
25 Mozambique 66.74 years
26 Guinea-Bissau 66.55 years
27 Cameroon 66.23 years
28 Kenya 66.12 years
29 Equatorial Guinea 65.89 years
30 Burundi 65.88 years
31 Madagascar 65.60 years
32 Zimbabwe 65.31 years
33 Cote d'Ivoire 64.31 years
34 Congo, Dem. Rep. 64.23 years
35 Sierra Leone 63.70 years
36 Liberia 63.63 years
37 Burkina Faso 63.43 years
38 Togo 63.15 years
39 Benin 62.42 years
40 Niger 62.41 years
41 Mali 62.15 years
42 Guinea 62.09 years
43 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 61.55 years
44 South Sudan 60.75 years
45 Lesotho 60.44 years
46 Central African Republic 59.56 years
47 Chad 57.19 years
48 Nigeria 54.94 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, Seychelles leads with a gap of 1.33 years to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Nigeria at 54.94 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.