Africa Rankings

Life Expectancy

in years

Rank		Country	in years
Current	Previous	Country	in years
1	2	Tunisia	76.51
2	1	Algeria	76.26
3	3	Cape Verde	76.06
4	4	Morocco	75.31
5	6	Seychelles	74.96
6	7	Mauritius	73.41
7	8	Egypt	71.63
8	9	Sao Tome and Principe	69.72
9	5	Libya	69.34
10	10	Botswana	69.16
11	13	Senegal	68.68
12	12	Eritrea	68.62
13	11	Mauritania	68.48
14	14	Gabon	68.34
15	15	Uganda	68.25
16	16	Rwanda	67.79
17	28	Namibia	67.39
18	20	Malawi	67.35
19	17	Ethiopia	67.32
20	18	Tanzania	67
21	19	Comoros	66.78
22	24	Zambia	66.35
23	21	Sudan	66.33
24	23	South Africa	66.14
25	22	Djibouti	65.99
26	27	Gambia	65.86
27	26	Republic of the Congo	65.77
28	25	Ghana	65.5
29	33	Swaziland	64.12
30	29	Guinea-Bissau	64.09
31	31	Equatorial Guinea	63.71
32	36	Cameroon	63.7
33	35	Burundi	63.65
34	30	Kenya	63.65
35	32	Madagascar	63.63
36	34	Mozambique	63.61
37	37	Zimbabwe	62.78
38	38	Togo	62.74
39	39	Liberia	62.16
40	40	Ivory Coast	61.94
41	42	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.9
42	41	Sierra Leone	61.79
43	46	Niger	61.18
44	43	Burkina Faso	61.09
45	44	Benin	60.77
46	45	Guinea	60.74
47	47	Mali	60.44
48	51	Somalia	58.82
49	52	Central African Republic	57.41
50	48	Lesotho	57.38
51	49	Chad	55.07
52	50	Nigeria	54.46