Life expectancy at birth, men in South Sudan

Life expectancy at birth for men in South Sudan was 54.8 years in 2024.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth, men Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2024 54.8 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 54.6 years
World, 2024 71.1 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 215th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, men in South Sudan over time

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Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Life expectancy at birth, men (years), 2000 to 2024
Period South SudanWorld
2024 54.8 years 71.1 years
2023 54.6 years 71.0 years
2022 54.3 years 70.6 years
2021 54.4 years 68.8 years
2020 54.8 years 69.7 years
2019 55.7 years 70.5 years
2018 49.2 years 70.3 years
2017 32.4 years 70.0 years
2016 33.8 years 69.8 years
2015 36.9 years 69.6 years
2014 42.7 years 69.4 years
2013 56.8 years 69.2 years
2012 56.9 years 68.9 years
2011 56.3 years 68.6 years
2010 56.4 years 68.4 years
2009 55.8 years 68.0 years
2008 55.3 years 67.7 years
2007 54.6 years 67.5 years
2006 53.9 years 67.1 years
2005 53.4 years 66.8 years
2004 52.5 years 66.5 years
2003 51.8 years 66.2 years
2002 48.4 years 65.9 years
2001 47.5 years 65.7 years
2000 46.5 years 65.4 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 54.6 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 42.7 years, the figure has changed by +28.3%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the 215th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.1 years.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for South Sudan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects