South Africa Life Expectancy 1960-2025

South Africa life expectancy for 2022 was 61.48, a 1.38% decline from 2021.
  • South Africa life expectancy for 2021 was 62.34, a 4.46% decline from 2020.
  • South Africa life expectancy for 2020 was 65.25, a 1.39% decline from 2019.
  • South Africa life expectancy for 2019 was 66.18, a 0.76% 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.