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South Sudan — Life expectancy
Life Expectancy at Birth for South Sudan, 1960–2024.
Latest value · 2024
57.7
Life Expectancy at Birth · years · +105.8% since 1960
Life expectancy for South Sudan was 57.7 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 58.3 in 2013. The lowest was 11.0 in 1988 (about 5.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.13% per year.
South Sudan ranks 214 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.3, so South Sudan sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 27%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
57.7
First (1960)
28.1
Change
+105.8%
Highest
58.3
in 2013
Lowest
11.0
in 1988
Average
39.3
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.13%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | years |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 57.74 |
| 2023 | 57.62 |
| 2022 | 57.2 |
| 2021 | 57.05 |
| 2020 | 57.65 |
| 2019 | 58.13 |
| 2018 | 51.91 |
| 2017 | 35.35 |
| 2016 | 36.72 |
| 2015 | 39.76 |
| 2014 | 45.63 |
| 2013 | 58.29 |
Reading this correctly. Number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of birth stayed the same throughout its life. Figures are in years. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.