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Life Expectancy / South Africa
Population & Society

South Africa Life Expectancy

Current and historical life expectancy data for South Africa, including latest value (66.31), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:04:58+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2024 2015– 2024
2015 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Africa · life expectancy at birth.

2015–2024
66.31 years
66.14 years
65.11 years
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life expectancy rate reference line

Countries by life expectancy

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 85.39 high
Kuwait 84.58 high
Switzerland 84.41 high
Sweden 84.06 high
Japan 84.04 high
Italy 83.95 medium
Spain 83.89 medium
South Korea 83.63 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 71.81
Morocco 75.49
Kenya 63.83
United States 78.89
China 78.02

Related indicators

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GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.DYN.LE00.IN

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:04:58+02:00

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Life Expectancy: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Life Expectancy for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa life expectancy rate, life expectancy data south africa, south africa life expectancy statistics, south africa years.