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South Sudan - Life Expectancy 2019

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

58.1 +6.2 from 2018 Global rank: 211th

South Sudan's life expectancy was 58.1 in 2019, increased +6.2 from 51.9 in 2018. This was the 211th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	86.2	0.1%
2nd	San Marino	85.3	0.2%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.2	0.3%
4th	Japan	84.4	0.2%
5th	Liechtenstein	84.2	1.3%
6th	Andorra	84.1	-0.2%
7th	Macao SAR, China	83.9	0.3%
8th	Switzerland	83.9	0.2%
9th	Spain	83.8	0.5%
10th	Singapore	83.6	0.4%
11th	Italy	83.5	0.2%
12th	Korea	83.2	0.7%
13th	French Polynesia	83.2	0.3%
14th	Gibraltar	83.2	0.2%
15th	Iceland	83.2	0.4%
16th	Sweden	83.1	0.7%
17th	Norway	83.0	0.2%
18th	Qatar	82.9	0.3%
19th	Australia	82.9	0.2%
20th	France	82.8	0.2%
21st	Israel	82.8	0.0%
22nd	Ireland	82.7	0.6%
23rd	Malta	82.7	0.5%
24th	Luxembourg	82.6	0.4%
25th	United Arab Emirates	82.6	0.2%
26th	Faroe Islands	82.4	0.2%
27th	Canada	82.2	0.4%
28th	Netherlands	82.1	0.4%
29th	New Zealand	82.1	0.4%
30th	Belgium	82.0	0.5%
31st	Finland	82.0	0.3%
32nd	Kuwait	82.0	2.3%
33rd	Austria	81.9	0.2%
34th	Portugal	81.7	0.4%
35th	Greece	81.6	-0.2%
36th	Slovenia	81.5	0.2%
37th	Cyprus	81.5	-0.1%
38th	Denmark	81.5	0.6%
39th	Puerto Rico (US)	81.4	0.4%
40th	United Kingdom	81.4	0.1%
41st	European Union	81.3	0.4%
42nd	Germany	81.3	0.5%
43rd	Bermuda	81.3	0.3%
44th	Channel Islands	81.2	0.1%
45th	Isle of Man	80.7	0.2%
46th	Bahrain	80.5	0.1%
47th	Chile	80.3	-0.3%
48th	Costa Rica	80.3	0.3%
49th	St. Martin (French part)	80.1	0.1%
50th	Oman	79.9	0.1%
51st	Maldives	79.7	0.3%
52nd	Virgin Islands (US)	79.7	0.2%
53rd	Albania	79.5	0.3%
54th	Czechia	79.2	0.3%
55th	Cayman Islands	79.1	0.3%
56th	United States	78.8	0.2%
57th	Estonia	78.6	0.5%
58th	Panama	78.5	0.3%
59th	Saudi Arabia	78.3	-0.6%
60th	Croatia	78.2	0.4%
61st	Lebanon	78.2	-0.1%
62nd	China	77.9	0.3%
63rd	Poland	77.9	0.4%
64th	Northern Mariana Islands	77.8	0.4%
65th	Türkiye	77.7	0.4%
66th	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.7	0.1%
67th	Slovak Republic	77.7	0.5%
68th	Uruguay	77.5	0.0%
69th	Cuba	77.4	0.0%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.4	-0.7%
71st	Ecuador	77.3	0.0%
72nd	New Caledonia	77.3	-0.4%
73rd	Kosovo	77.2	0.2%
74th	Thailand	77.2	0.0%
75th	Antigua and Barbuda	77.2	0.0%
76th	Jordan	76.9	0.5%
77th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	76.9	0.3%
78th	Argentina	76.8	0.1%
79th	British Virgin Islands	76.8	0.2%
80th	Colombia	76.8	0.3%
81st	Sri Lanka	76.7	0.3%
82nd	Montenegro	76.7	-1.5%
83rd	Guam	76.6	0.1%
84th	North Macedonia	76.6	-0.1%
85th	Barbados	76.5	0.2%
86th	Curaçao	76.5	0.0%
87th	Hungary	76.3	0.3%
88th	Lithuania	76.3	0.8%
89th	Peru	76.3	0.3%
90th	Armenia	76.2	0.8%
91st	Aruba	76.0	0.2%
92nd	Serbia	75.9	0.1%
93rd	Malaysia	75.9	0.2%
94th	West Bank and Gaza	75.8	0.6%
95th	Brazil	75.8	0.2%
96th	Algeria	75.7	0.2%
97th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	75.7	0.0%
98th	Romania	75.6	0.3%
99th	Tunisia	75.6	0.3%
100th	Cabo Verde	75.4	0.8%
101st	Latvia	75.4	0.8%
102nd	Bulgaria	75.1	0.2%
103rd	Brunei Darussalam	75.0	0.1%
104th	Grenada	75.0	0.0%
105th	Mexico	74.5	0.3%
106th	Morocco	74.2	0.4%
107th	Mauritius	74.2	-0.2%
108th	Belarus	74.2	0.1%
109th	Viet Nam	74.2	0.1%
110th	Georgia	74.2	0.2%
111th	Seychelles	74.0	1.7%
112th	Ukraine	73.9	0.5%
113th	Nicaragua	73.8	-0.2%
114th	Paraguay	73.7	0.1%
115th	Kazakhstan	73.7	0.4%
116th	Azerbaijan	73.3	0.4%
117th	Dominican Republic	73.1	-0.6%
118th	Russian Federation	73.1	0.6%
119th	Libya	72.9	-0.3%
120th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	72.9	-0.1%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	72.8	0.2%
122nd	American Samoa	72.8	-0.1%
123rd	Bangladesh	72.6	0.7%
124th	Belize	72.6	0.4%
125th	Tonga	72.3	0.2%
126th	St. Lucia	72.2	-0.6%
127th	Honduras	72.1	0.2%
128th	Uzbekistan	72.1	0.1%
129th	Bhutan	72.0	0.4%
130th	Greenland	71.9	0.0%
131st	Suriname	71.8	0.4%
132nd	El Salvador	71.7	0.5%
133rd	Guatemala	71.6	0.2%
134th	Kyrgyz Republic	71.6	0.3%
135th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.5	0.3%
136th	Jamaica	71.5	-0.1%
137th	Bahamas, The	71.4	-3.6%
138th	Dominica	71.3	-0.1%
139th	Iraq	71.2	0.2%
140th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	71.2	0.3%
141st	Mongolia	71.1	0.3%
142nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	71.0	0.0%
143rd	Syrian Arab Republic	71.0	5.3%
144th	Tajikistan	71.0	0.3%
145th	Vanuatu	70.8	0.2%
146th	India	70.7	0.5%
147th	Indonesia	70.3	0.4%
148th	Samoa	70.3	-1.1%
149th	Moldova	70.2	-0.1%
150th	Cambodia	70.1	0.2%
151st	Solomon Islands	70.0	0.3%
152nd	Philippines	69.7	-0.1%
153rd	Turkmenistan	69.4	0.2%
154th	Nepal	69.3	0.4%
155th	Guyana	69.1	0.3%
156th	Palau	69.0	0.0%
157th	São Tomé and Principe	68.0	0.7%
158th	Lao PDR	67.9	0.5%
159th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.8	0.2%
160th	Senegal	67.7	0.4%
161st	Mauritania	67.6	0.3%
162nd	Gabon	67.3	0.4%
163rd	Eritrea	67.3	0.5%
164th	Botswana	67.2	1.2%
165th	Fiji	67.0	0.1%
166th	Pakistan	66.7	0.4%
167th	Rwanda	66.7	0.5%
168th	Yemen, Republic of	66.6	1.0%
169th	Timor-Leste	66.5	0.4%
170th	Myanmar	66.5	0.3%
171st	Uganda	66.4	0.9%
172nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	66.2	0.4%
173rd	Tuvalu	66.1	0.4%
174th	South Africa	66.1	0.5%
175th	Marshall Islands	66.0	0.3%
176th	Tanzania	66.0	0.8%
177th	Kiribati	65.9	0.1%
178th	Sudan	65.8	0.5%
179th	Comoros	65.7	0.4%
180th	Papua New Guinea	65.3	0.3%
181st	Malawi	65.0	0.8%
182nd	Ghana	64.5	0.5%
183rd	Gambia, The	64.4	0.6%
184th	Djibouti	64.4	0.4%
185th	Haiti	64.3	0.4%
186th	Namibia	63.5	1.5%
187th	Madagascar	63.5	0.0%
188th	Congo, Republic of	63.2	-2.0%
189th	Angola	63.1	0.7%
190th	Afghanistan	62.9	0.8%
191st	Kenya	62.9	0.2%
192nd	Zambia	62.9	1.2%
193rd	Equatorial Guinea	62.3	0.6%
194th	Burundi	62.2	0.6%
195th	Guinea-Bissau	62.2	0.8%
196th	Cameroon	61.7	0.8%
197th	Nauru	61.4	0.3%
198th	Mozambique	61.3	0.8%
199th	Liberia	61.2	0.4%
200th	Zimbabwe	61.1	0.3%
201st	Togo	61.1	0.7%
202nd	Côte d'Ivoire	60.3	0.8%
203rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.2	0.5%
204th	Burkina Faso	60.2	0.4%
205th	Niger	60.0	0.4%
206th	Benin	59.9	0.3%
207th	Eswatini	59.9	1.9%
208th	Sierra Leone	59.6	0.9%
209th	Guinea	59.4	0.6%
210th	Mali	59.2	0.6%
211th	South Sudan	58.1	12.0%
212th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	57.2	4.5%
213th	Lesotho	55.2	1.1%
214th	Nigeria	53.0	0.6%
215th	Chad	53.0	1.0%
216th	Central African Republic	31.5	-39.7%

FAQ

What was South Sudan's life expectancy in 2019?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy in 2019 was 58.1. This ranked 211th globally.

How did South Sudan's life expectancy change in 2019?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy increased by 12.0% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2019?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2019 at 86.2.

What is the life expectancy of South Sudan in 2019?▾

The life expectancy of South Sudan in 2019 was 58.1. This ranked 211th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for South Sudan's life expectancy?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy went from 51.9 in 2018 to 58.1 in 2019, a 12.0% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Sudan matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2019. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.5%. View full analysis →

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