Life Expectancy / South Africa
South Africa Life Expectancy
South Africa life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 66.31.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:08:47
GM ECONOMY RATING
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
58 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
9.0 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
4.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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South Africa · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
66.31
Previous
66.14
Range avg.
65.11
Rank
71
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CountrySouth Africa
IndicatorLife Expectancy
66.312024 · Rank 71
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 66.31 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.17 (0.3%), from 66.14 to 66.31.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (65.11).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 62.01 in 2021 and the high was 66.31 in 2024.
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