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South Sudan: Life expectancy at birth (years)

57.74years · 2024+26.5% since 2014

Life expectancy at birth, total. Annual figures for South Sudan from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
202457.738
202357.617
202257.203
202157.047
202057.648
201958.129
201851.905
201735.351
201636.72
201539.757
201445.625
201358.285
201258.241
201157.674
201057.485
200956.848
200856.28
200755.425
200654.653
200553.965
200453.052
200352.324
200249.394
200148.55
200047.591
199944.537
199819.048
199733.068
199632.124
199531.51
199444.858
199322.263
199221.938
199129.185
199028.628
198928.217
198810.989
198720.721
198632.816
198532.36
198431.788
198334.733
198238.677
198138.313
198038.034
197937.805
197837.592
197737.397
197637.092
197536.867
197436.589
197336.277
197231.291
197130.993
197025.632
196925.396
196826.103
196725.858
196625.633
196528.781
196432.458
196328.249
196228.506
196128.278
196028.054

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World Bank (2026). Life expectancy at birth (years). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-life-expectancy (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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