South Sudan - Life Expectancy 2014
45.6
−12.7 from 2013
South Sudan's life expectancy was 45.6 in 2014, decreased +12.7 from 58.3 in 2013. This was the 215th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 85.1 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 84.5 | 0.1% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 84.4 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 83.9 | 0.1% |
| 5th | Japan | 83.6 | 0.3% |
| 6th | Spain | 83.2 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 83.2 | 0.5% |
| 8th | Italy | 83.1 | 0.5% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | 83.0 | 0.4% |
| 10th | Iceland | 82.9 | 1.0% |
| 11th | France | 82.7 | 0.6% |
| 12th | Gibraltar | 82.6 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Singapore | 82.5 | 0.3% |
| 14th | Australia | 82.3 | 0.2% |
| 15th | Sweden | 82.3 | 0.4% |
| 16th | Luxembourg | 82.2 | 0.5% |
| 17th | Israel | 82.2 | 0.1% |
| 18th | French Polynesia | 82.2 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Norway | 82.1 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Liechtenstein | 82.1 | -0.2% |
| 21st | Malta | 82.0 | 0.4% |
| 22nd | United Arab Emirates | 82.0 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Canada | 81.8 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Korea | 81.7 | 0.6% |
| 25th | Netherlands | 81.7 | 0.5% |
| 26th | Channel Islands | 81.6 | 0.1% |
| 27th | Faroe Islands | 81.6 | 0.3% |
| 28th | Austria | 81.5 | 0.4% |
| 29th | New Zealand | 81.5 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Qatar | 81.4 | 0.5% |
| 31st | Greece | 81.4 | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Ireland | 81.3 | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Cyprus | 81.3 | 0.0% |
| 34th | United Kingdom | 81.3 | 0.4% |
| 35th | Belgium | 81.3 | 0.9% |
| 36th | Finland | 81.2 | 0.3% |
| 37th | Portugal | 81.1 | 0.5% |
| 38th | Germany | 81.1 | 0.7% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 81.1 | 0.9% |
| 40th | European Union | 80.9 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Denmark | 80.7 | 0.5% |
| 42nd | Costa Rica | 80.2 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Bahrain | 80.2 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Bermuda | 80.2 | 0.2% |
| 45th | Isle of Man | 80.2 | 0.1% |
| 46th | Puerto Rico (US) | 80.0 | -0.3% |
| 47th | St. Martin (French part) | 79.7 | 0.3% |
| 48th | Chile | 79.7 | 0.2% |
| 49th | Kuwait | 79.1 | 0.4% |
| 50th | Oman | 79.0 | 0.5% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 78.9 | 0.2% |
| 52nd | United States | 78.8 | 0.1% |
| 53rd | Czechia | 78.8 | 0.8% |
| 54th | Maldives | 78.2 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Lebanon | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 56th | Albania | 78.0 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Cayman Islands | 77.9 | 0.3% |
| 58th | Cuba | 77.8 | -0.3% |
| 59th | Croatia | 77.7 | 0.2% |
| 60th | Poland | 77.6 | 0.8% |
| 61st | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.4 | -0.1% |
| 62nd | Panama | 77.4 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 77.2 | 0.1% |
| 64th | Uruguay | 77.2 | 0.3% |
| 65th | Saudi Arabia | 77.1 | 0.8% |
| 66th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.1 | -0.1% |
| 67th | New Caledonia | 77.1 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Estonia | 77.0 | -0.1% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 76.9 | -0.2% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 76.8 | 0.5% |
| 71st | China | 76.7 | 0.3% |
| 72nd | British Virgin Islands | 76.5 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Türkiye | 76.5 | 0.4% |
| 74th | Guam | 76.4 | 0.1% |
| 75th | Curaçao | 76.4 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Montenegro | 76.3 | -0.2% |
| 77th | Thailand | 76.3 | 0.4% |
| 78th | Argentina | 76.3 | 0.6% |
| 79th | Kosovo | 76.2 | -0.2% |
| 80th | Ecuador | 76.1 | 0.4% |
| 81st | Colombia | 76.0 | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 75.9 | 0.1% |
| 83rd | Hungary | 75.8 | 0.3% |
| 84th | Sri Lanka | 75.8 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 75.7 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 75.6 | 0.4% |
| 87th | North Macedonia | 75.5 | 0.1% |
| 88th | Malaysia | 75.3 | -0.2% |
| 89th | Serbia | 75.3 | 0.2% |
| 90th | Aruba | 75.3 | 0.3% |
| 91st | Peru | 75.3 | 0.9% |
| 92nd | Grenada | 75.0 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Algeria | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 94th | Romania | 74.9 | -0.2% |
| 95th | Armenia | 74.9 | 0.3% |
| 96th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.9 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Brazil | 74.8 | 0.3% |
| 98th | Tunisia | 74.8 | 0.1% |
| 99th | Jordan | 74.6 | 0.4% |
| 100th | Lithuania | 74.5 | 0.8% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | 74.5 | -0.5% |
| 102nd | Mexico | 74.4 | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Mauritius | 74.2 | 0.2% |
| 104th | Latvia | 74.1 | 0.2% |
| 105th | Bahamas, The | 74.0 | 0.1% |
| 106th | Viet Nam | 73.9 | 0.1% |
| 107th | Cabo Verde | 73.8 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Paraguay | 73.4 | 0.2% |
| 109th | Seychelles | 73.2 | 0.2% |
| 110th | Dominican Republic | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 111th | Georgia | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 112th | Belarus | 73.0 | 0.7% |
| 113th | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.9 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Nicaragua | 72.8 | 0.3% |
| 115th | West Bank and Gaza | 72.8 | -1.8% |
| 116th | American Samoa | 72.7 | -0.1% |
| 117th | St. Lucia | 72.7 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Morocco | 72.5 | 0.6% |
| 119th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 72.5 | 0.8% |
| 120th | Jamaica | 72.4 | -0.1% |
| 121st | Azerbaijan | 71.9 | 0.6% |
| 122nd | Ukraine | 71.8 | 0.5% |
| 123rd | Tonga | 71.7 | 0.1% |
| 124th | Belize | 71.4 | 0.2% |
| 125th | Kazakhstan | 71.4 | 1.0% |
| 126th | Libya | 71.3 | -1.4% |
| 127th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.2 | -0.1% |
| 128th | Dominica | 71.2 | -0.1% |
| 129th | El Salvador | 71.1 | -0.1% |
| 130th | Samoa | 71.1 | -0.1% |
| 131st | Greenland | 71.1 | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Honduras | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Uzbekistan | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 134th | Guatemala | 70.9 | 0.1% |
| 135th | Russian Federation | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 136th | Mongolia | 70.6 | 0.7% |
| 137th | Bhutan | 70.5 | 0.5% |
| 138th | Kyrgyz Republic | 70.4 | 0.3% |
| 139th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4 | 0.4% |
| 140th | Suriname | 70.3 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Moldova | 70.2 | -0.1% |
| 142nd | Vanuatu | 70.0 | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 70.0 | 0.8% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 69.9 | 0.4% |
| 145th | Tajikistan | 69.7 | 0.2% |
| 146th | Iraq | 69.7 | 0.9% |
| 147th | Philippines | 69.3 | 0.0% |
| 148th | Indonesia | 69.3 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Cambodia | 69.1 | 0.5% |
| 150th | Palau | 69.1 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Turkmenistan | 69.0 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Solomon Islands | 69.0 | 0.0% |
| 153rd | India | 68.9 | 0.6% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | 68.0 | 0.1% |
| 155th | Nepal | 67.8 | 0.3% |
| 156th | Guyana | 67.3 | 0.9% |
| 157th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.0 | 0.3% |
| 158th | Fiji | 66.6 | 0.1% |
| 159th | Lao PDR | 66.4 | 1.0% |
| 160th | Mauritania | 66.2 | 0.5% |
| 161st | Gabon | 66.1 | 0.5% |
| 162nd | Senegal | 66.0 | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Kiribati | 65.9 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Eritrea | 65.5 | 0.8% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 65.5 | 0.5% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 65.5 | 0.8% |
| 167th | Pakistan | 65.4 | 0.4% |
| 168th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 65.3 | 0.2% |
| 169th | Tuvalu | 65.3 | 0.2% |
| 170th | Marshall Islands | 65.1 | 0.2% |
| 171st | Rwanda | 65.1 | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Timor-Leste | 65.0 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Myanmar | 65.0 | 0.6% |
| 174th | Papua New Guinea | 64.2 | 0.4% |
| 175th | Comoros | 64.1 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Sudan | 64.0 | 0.9% |
| 177th | Tanzania | 63.4 | 0.9% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 63.3 | 0.6% |
| 179th | Madagascar | 63.3 | 0.2% |
| 180th | South Africa | 63.2 | 1.3% |
| 181st | Uganda | 63.1 | 1.1% |
| 182nd | Haiti | 63.0 | 0.6% |
| 183rd | Ghana | 62.8 | 0.7% |
| 184th | Gambia, The | 62.6 | 0.5% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 62.4 | 0.5% |
| 186th | Afghanistan | 62.3 | 0.1% |
| 187th | Botswana | 62.2 | 1.6% |
| 188th | Kenya | 62.0 | 0.4% |
| 189th | Malawi | 61.7 | 1.4% |
| 190th | Nauru | 60.8 | 0.2% |
| 191st | Angola | 60.4 | 1.2% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | 60.2 | 0.7% |
| 193rd | Zambia | 60.1 | 1.1% |
| 194th | Burundi | 59.8 | 1.0% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | 59.5 | 1.0% |
| 196th | Namibia | 59.3 | 1.4% |
| 197th | Liberia | 59.2 | -1.3% |
| 198th | Cameroon | 59.1 | 0.7% |
| 199th | Benin | 59.0 | 0.2% |
| 200th | Togo | 58.8 | 0.7% |
| 201st | Niger | 58.7 | 0.6% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 58.3 | 0.7% |
| 203rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 58.2 | 0.8% |
| 204th | Zimbabwe | 58.1 | 2.2% |
| 205th | Mozambique | 58.0 | 1.4% |
| 206th | Côte d'Ivoire | 57.8 | 1.3% |
| 207th | Guinea | 57.6 | 0.2% |
| 208th | Mali | 57.5 | 0.8% |
| 209th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 54.4 | 0.8% |
| 210th | Sierra Leone | 54.3 | 0.4% |
| 211th | Eswatini | 53.5 | 2.7% |
| 212th | Nigeria | 51.9 | 0.2% |
| 213th | Chad | 51.1 | 0.2% |
| 214th | Lesotho | 50.8 | 2.5% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 45.6 | -21.7% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 40.3 | -18.6% |
FAQ
What was South Sudan's life expectancy in 2014?▾
South Sudan's life expectancy in 2014 was 45.6. This ranked 215th globally.
How did South Sudan's life expectancy change in 2014?▾
South Sudan's life expectancy decreased by 21.7% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2014?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2014 at 85.1.
What is the life expectancy of South Sudan in 2014?▾
The life expectancy of South Sudan in 2014 was 45.6. This ranked 215th globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for South Sudan's life expectancy?▾
South Sudan's life expectancy went from 58.3 in 2013 to 45.6 in 2014, a 21.7% decrease.
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