Life expectancy at birth, women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Life expectancy at birth for women in Sub-Saharan Africa was 65.0 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
65.0
Change from 2023
+0.3%
World, 2024
76.0 years
Life expectancy at birth, women in Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.0 years | 76.0 years |
| 2023 | 64.7 years | 75.8 years |
| 2022 | 64.0 years | 75.5 years |
| 2021 | 62.8 years | 73.7 years |
| 2020 | 63.3 years | 74.8 years |
| 2019 | 63.1 years | 75.3 years |
| 2018 | 62.7 years | 75.1 years |
| 2017 | 62.1 years | 74.9 years |
| 2016 | 61.7 years | 74.7 years |
| 2015 | 61.2 years | 74.5 years |
| 2014 | 60.8 years | 74.3 years |
| 2013 | 60.4 years | 74.0 years |
| 2012 | 59.8 years | 73.8 years |
| 2011 | 59.0 years | 73.5 years |
| 2010 | 58.6 years | 73.2 years |
| 2009 | 57.9 years | 72.9 years |
| 2008 | 57.3 years | 72.5 years |
| 2007 | 56.6 years | 72.3 years |
| 2006 | 55.9 years | 72.0 years |
| 2005 | 55.2 years | 71.6 years |
| 2004 | 54.6 years | 71.2 years |
| 2003 | 54.1 years | 71.0 years |
| 2002 | 53.6 years | 70.7 years |
| 2001 | 53.3 years | 70.4 years |
| 2000 | 53.0 years | 70.1 years |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3% from 64.7 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 60.8 years, the figure has changed by +6.9%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 years.
More for Sub-Saharan Africa
All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Life expectancy at birth
62.8 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
60.7 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
4.9%
2023 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
71.2 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Infant mortality rate
47.1 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
448 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank