Central African Republic — Life expectancy
Life Expectancy at Birth for Central African Republic, 1960–2024.
Life expectancy for Central African Republic was 57.7 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 14.7 in 2009 (about 3.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.59% per year.
Central African Republic ranks 215 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.3, so Central African Republic sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 43%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 46 of 48 economies; Chad (55.2) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 220% in 2010. That is 28% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 118 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 190th of 215 in 1960 → 184th of 216 in 1970 → 185th of 216 in 1980 → 194th of 217 in 1990 → 212th of 217 in 2000 → 215th of 217 in 2010 → 217th of 217 in 2020 → 215th of 217 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57.67 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 57.41 | +205.1% |
| 2022 | 18.82 | -53.3% |
| 2021 | 40.28 | -20.4% |
| 2020 | 50.6 | +60.5% |
| 2019 | 31.53 | -39.7% |
| 2018 | 52.3 | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 45.23 | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 51 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 51.93 | +29.0% |
| 2014 | 40.27 | -18.6% |
| 2013 | 49.49 | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 51.34 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 50.11 | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 46.87 | +219.6% |
| 2009 | 14.67 | -70.6% |
| 2008 | 49.87 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 49.33 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 48.69 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 48.21 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 47.7 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 47.31 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 46.84 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 46.73 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 46.61 | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 46.91 | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 47.09 | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 47.28 | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 47.7 | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 48.11 | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 48.51 | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 48.9 | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 49.21 | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 49.58 | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 49.85 | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 50.07 | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 50.24 | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 50.37 | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 50.45 | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 50.46 | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 50.43 | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 50.34 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 50.21 | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 50.03 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 49.79 | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 49.5 | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 49.16 | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 48.78 | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 48.36 | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 47.89 | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 47.41 | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 46.88 | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 46.33 | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 45.76 | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 45.18 | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 44.58 | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 43.98 | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 43.38 | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 42.79 | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 42.21 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 41.64 | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 41.09 | +1.3% |
| 1962 | 40.56 | +1.3% |
| 1961 | 40.06 | +1.2% |
| 1960 | 39.57 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Central African Republic’s Life expectancy in 1961?
40.06 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Central African Republic’s Life expectancy figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — years — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Central African Republic’s Life expectancy growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +45.7% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 57.67; 2023: 57.41; 2022: 18.82; 2021: 40.28; 2020: 50.6. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.LE00.IN — Life Expectancy at Birth. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.