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South Sudan - Life Expectancy 2020

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

57.6 −0.5 from 2019 Global rank: 211th

South Sudan's life expectancy was 57.6 in 2020, decreased +0.5 from 58.1 in 2019. This was the 211th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2020▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2020
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	86.1	-0.1%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.5	0.4%
3rd	Japan	84.6	0.2%
4th	Macao SAR, China	84.1	0.2%
5th	Singapore	83.5	-0.1%
6th	Korea	83.4	0.2%
7th	Norway	83.2	0.3%
8th	Australia	83.2	0.4%
9th	Gibraltar	83.1	-0.1%
10th	Iceland	83.1	-0.1%
11th	Switzerland	83.0	-1.1%
12th	San Marino	82.7	-3.1%
13th	Israel	82.6	-0.2%
14th	Faroe Islands	82.6	0.2%
15th	French Polynesia	82.5	-0.9%
16th	Ireland	82.5	-0.3%
17th	Sweden	82.4	-0.9%
18th	New Zealand	82.3	0.2%
19th	Spain	82.2	-1.9%
20th	Italy	82.2	-1.6%
21st	France	82.2	-0.8%
22nd	Luxembourg	82.1	-0.6%
23rd	Malta	82.1	-0.7%
24th	United Arab Emirates	81.9	-0.8%
25th	Finland	81.9	-0.1%
26th	Liechtenstein	81.7	-3.0%
27th	Denmark	81.6	0.2%
28th	Canada	81.5	-0.8%
29th	Bermuda	81.5	0.3%
30th	Netherlands	81.4	-0.9%
31st	Portugal	81.3	-0.4%
32nd	Greece	81.3	-0.4%
33rd	Cyprus	81.2	-0.3%
34th	Austria	81.2	-0.9%
35th	Germany	81.0	-0.3%
36th	Channel Islands	80.9	-0.4%
37th	Belgium	80.7	-1.6%
38th	Isle of Man	80.6	-0.2%
39th	Slovenia	80.5	-1.2%
40th	European Union	80.4	-1.1%
41st	Qatar	80.4	-3.1%
42nd	United Kingdom	80.3	-1.3%
43rd	St. Martin (French part)	80.1	0.0%
44th	Puerto Rico (US)	80.0	-1.8%
45th	Virgin Islands (US)	79.8	0.2%
46th	Costa Rica	79.7	-0.7%
47th	Andorra	79.4	-5.6%
48th	Chile	79.3	-1.2%
49th	Cayman Islands	79.2	0.2%
50th	Kuwait	78.8	-3.9%
51st	Maldives	78.7	-1.2%
52nd	Bahrain	78.7	-2.2%
53rd	Estonia	78.6	-0.1%
54th	Uruguay	78.4	1.1%
55th	Czechia	78.2	-1.3%
56th	Northern Mariana Islands	78.0	0.2%
57th	China	78.0	0.1%
58th	Albania	77.8	-2.1%
59th	Oman	77.8	-2.7%
60th	Saudi Arabia	77.6	-0.9%
61st	Croatia	77.5	-0.9%
62nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.5	-0.2%
63rd	Cuba	77.4	0.0%
64th	Thailand	77.3	0.2%
65th	Seychelles	77.2	4.3%
66th	Antigua and Barbuda	77.2	0.0%
67th	New Caledonia	77.0	-0.3%
68th	United States	77.0	-2.3%
69th	Sri Lanka	76.9	0.3%
70th	British Virgin Islands	76.9	0.1%
71st	Slovak Republic	76.9	-1.0%
72nd	Barbados	76.6	0.2%
73rd	Türkiye	76.5	-1.6%
74th	Curaçao	76.5	0.0%
75th	Poland	76.4	-1.9%
76th	Panama	76.3	-2.8%
77th	Lebanon	76.3	-2.4%
78th	Malaysia	76.1	0.2%
79th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.0	-1.7%
80th	Montenegro	75.9	-1.0%
81st	Argentina	75.9	-1.3%
82nd	Jordan	75.6	-1.7%
83rd	Guam	75.5	-1.5%
84th	Hungary	75.4	-1.2%
85th	Aruba	75.4	-0.8%
86th	Viet Nam	75.4	1.6%
87th	Latvia	75.2	-0.3%
88th	Brunei Darussalam	75.1	0.1%
89th	Lithuania	75.0	-1.6%
90th	Grenada	75.0	0.1%
91st	Tunisia	75.0	-0.8%
92nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	75.0	-0.9%
93rd	West Bank and Gaza	75.0	-1.1%
94th	Colombia	74.8	-2.7%
95th	Brazil	74.5	-1.7%
96th	Serbia	74.5	-1.9%
97th	North Macedonia	74.4	-2.9%
98th	Romania	74.3	-1.8%
99th	Kosovo	74.2	-3.9%
100th	Mauritius	74.2	-0.1%
101st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	74.1	-3.5%
102nd	Peru	73.8	-3.2%
103rd	Cabo Verde	73.8	-2.2%
104th	Georgia	73.5	-0.9%
105th	Armenia	73.4	-3.7%
106th	Bulgaria	73.4	-2.3%
107th	Ukraine	73.3	-0.9%
108th	Algeria	73.3	-3.2%
109th	Morocco	73.1	-1.5%
110th	Bahamas, The	73.0	2.2%
111th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	72.8	-0.2%
112th	Paraguay	72.7	-1.3%
113th	American Samoa	72.7	-0.1%
114th	Trinidad and Tobago	72.6	-0.3%
115th	Dominican Republic	72.6	-0.7%
116th	Libya	72.4	-0.8%
117th	Tonga	72.4	0.1%
118th	Suriname	72.3	0.8%
119th	St. Lucia	72.3	0.1%
120th	Bhutan	72.3	0.3%
121st	Belarus	72.1	-2.8%
122nd	Ecuador	72.0	-6.8%
123rd	Syrian Arab Republic	71.9	1.4%
124th	Greenland	71.9	-0.1%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	71.8	0.3%
126th	Belize	71.6	-1.4%
127th	Uzbekistan	71.5	-0.9%
128th	Jamaica	71.5	-0.1%
129th	Bangladesh	71.4	-1.7%
130th	Mongolia	71.3	0.4%
131st	Russian Federation	71.3	-2.4%
132nd	Dominica	71.3	-0.1%
133rd	Kazakhstan	71.2	-3.3%
134th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.2	-0.5%
135th	Honduras	70.9	-1.7%
136th	Nicaragua	70.8	-4.1%
137th	Samoa	70.7	0.7%
138th	Mexico	70.4	-5.5%
139th	Vanuatu	70.4	-0.6%
140th	Azerbaijan	70.3	-4.1%
141st	El Salvador	70.2	-2.1%
142nd	India	70.2	-0.8%
143rd	Philippines	70.1	0.6%
144th	Cambodia	70.1	-0.1%
145th	Guatemala	70.0	-2.3%
146th	Moldova	69.9	-0.4%
147th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	69.8	-2.0%
148th	Iraq	69.7	-2.2%
149th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.6	-2.0%
150th	Solomon Islands	69.3	-1.0%
151st	Nepal	69.1	-0.3%
152nd	Turkmenistan	68.8	-0.8%
153rd	Indonesia	68.8	-2.2%
154th	Palau	68.7	-0.4%
155th	Tajikistan	68.6	-3.3%
156th	Lao PDR	68.3	0.6%
157th	São Tomé and Principe	68.0	-0.1%
158th	Guyana	67.8	-1.9%
159th	Botswana	67.6	0.7%
160th	Senegal	67.5	-0.3%
161st	Gabon	67.1	-0.4%
162nd	Eritrea	67.0	-0.5%
163rd	Rwanda	67.0	0.4%
164th	Fiji	66.9	-0.1%
165th	Timor-Leste	66.9	0.6%
166th	Mauritania	66.8	-1.3%
167th	Tanzania	66.8	1.2%
168th	Myanmar	66.6	0.2%
169th	Yemen, Republic of	66.4	-0.2%
170th	Uganda	66.4	0.1%
171st	Tuvalu	66.4	0.4%
172nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	65.9	-0.5%
173rd	Comoros	65.8	0.1%
174th	Pakistan	65.7	-1.5%
175th	Marshall Islands	65.4	-1.0%
176th	Malawi	65.2	0.3%
177th	Kiribati	65.2	-1.0%
178th	South Africa	65.2	-1.4%
179th	Sudan	65.1	-1.0%
180th	Papua New Guinea	65.1	-0.4%
181st	Gambia, The	64.4	0.0%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	64.4	2.0%
183rd	Ghana	64.3	-0.2%
184th	Djibouti	64.2	-0.3%
185th	Namibia	64.1	0.8%
186th	Haiti	63.8	-0.9%
187th	Zambia	63.4	0.7%
188th	Angola	63.1	0.1%
189th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	62.9	-7.2%
190th	Madagascar	62.7	-1.3%
191st	Burundi	62.6	0.6%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	62.1	-0.3%
193rd	Cameroon	61.7	0.0%
194th	Kenya	61.6	-2.1%
195th	Zimbabwe	61.5	0.8%
196th	Nauru	61.5	0.2%
197th	Afghanistan	61.5	-2.4%
198th	Mozambique	61.4	0.1%
199th	Guinea-Bissau	61.3	-1.3%
200th	Liberia	61.3	0.1%
201st	Togo	61.1	0.1%
202nd	Burkina Faso	60.5	0.4%
203rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.4	0.3%
204th	Benin	60.2	0.4%
205th	Côte d'Ivoire	60.1	-0.2%
206th	Niger	59.9	-0.2%
207th	Eswatini	59.9	0.0%
208th	Sierra Leone	59.7	0.2%
209th	Guinea	59.4	0.0%
210th	Mali	58.9	-0.6%
211th	South Sudan	57.6	-0.8%
212th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	57.1	-0.3%
213th	Lesotho	55.1	-0.2%
214th	Chad	53.1	0.2%
215th	Nigeria	53.1	0.1%
216th	Central African Republic	50.6	60.5%

FAQ

What was South Sudan's life expectancy in 2020?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy in 2020 was 57.6. This ranked 211th globally.

How did South Sudan's life expectancy change in 2020?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy decreased by 0.8% in 2020 compared to 2019.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2020?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2020 at 86.1.

What is the life expectancy of South Sudan in 2020?▾

The life expectancy of South Sudan in 2020 was 57.6. This ranked 211th globally.

How does 2020 compare to 2019 for South Sudan's life expectancy?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy went from 58.1 in 2019 to 57.6 in 2020, a 0.8% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Sudan matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2020. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: -6.7%. View full analysis →

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