Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Southern Africa

Male life expectancy in Southern Africa in 2024 — 62.68 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24.4%.

2024 62.68 years +0.28% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 62.68 years2024
Period minimum 50.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Southern Africa, 1960–20245055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.4 years1962: 51.27 years1964: 51.89 years1966: 52.35 years1968: 52.76 years1970: 53.19 years1972: 53.94 years1974: 54.71 years1976: 55.56 years1978: 56.44 years1980: 57.12 years1982: 58.01 years1984: 58.74 years1986: 59.02 years1988: 59.25 years1990: 59.19 years1992: 58.97 years1994: 58.28 years1996: 57.15 years1998: 55.96 years2000: 54.59 years2002: 52.49 years2004: 51.32 years2006: 51.69 years2008: 52.99 years2010: 55.53 years2012: 57.94 years2014: 59.25 years2016: 60.73 years2018: 61.78 years2020: 61.79 years2022: 61.63 years2024: 62.68 years
Change over the period: +12.28 (+24.37%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 62.68 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 62.68 +0.18 +0.28%
2023 62.5 +0.87 +1.41%
2022 61.63 +2.76 +4.69%
2021 58.87 −2.92 −4.72%
2020 61.79 −0.44 −0.71%
2019 62.23 +0.45 +0.72%
2018 61.78 +0.38 +0.62%
2017 61.41 +0.68 +1.11%
2016 60.73 +0.58 +0.96%
2015 60.15 +0.9 +1.52%
2014 59.25 +0.72 +1.24%
2013 58.53 +0.58 +1%
2012 57.94 +0.99 +1.74%
2011 56.96 +1.43 +2.57%
2010 55.53 +1.32 +2.43%
2009 54.21 +1.22 +2.31%
2008 52.99 +0.79 +1.52%
2007 52.19 +0.51 +0.98%
2006 51.69 +0.19 +0.36%
2005 51.5 +0.18 +0.36%
2004 51.32 −0.08 −0.15%
2003 51.39 −1.1 −2.09%
2002 52.49 −1.25 −2.33%
2001 53.74 −0.85 −1.56%
2000 54.59 −0.72 −1.29%
1999 55.31 −0.65 −1.15%
1998 55.96 −0.58 −1.02%
1997 56.54 −0.61 −1.07%
1996 57.15 −0.55 −0.95%
1995 57.69 −0.59 −1.01%
1994 58.28 −0.38 −0.65%
1993 58.66 −0.3 −0.51%
1992 58.97 −0.18 −0.3%
1991 59.14 −0.05 −0.08%
1990 59.19 −0.16 −0.26%
1989 59.35 +0.1 +0.16%
1988 59.25 +0.02 +0.03%
1987 59.24 +0.22 +0.37%
1986 59.02 +0.07 +0.12%
1985 58.95 +0.21 +0.35%
1984 58.74 +0.37 +0.63%
1983 58.37 +0.36 +0.62%
1982 58.01 +0.43 +0.75%
1981 57.57 +0.46 +0.8%
1980 57.12 +0.25 +0.43%
1979 56.87 +0.44 +0.77%
1978 56.44 +0.49 +0.87%
1977 55.95 +0.39 +0.7%
1976 55.56 +0.34 +0.62%
1975 55.22 +0.51 +0.93%
1974 54.71 +0.4 +0.73%
1973 54.31 +0.38 +0.7%
1972 53.94 +0.41 +0.77%
1971 53.52 +0.33 +0.63%
1970 53.19 +0.21 +0.39%
1969 52.99 +0.23 +0.43%
1968 52.76 +0.21 +0.4%
1967 52.55 +0.19 +0.37%
1966 52.35 +0.26 +0.5%
1965 52.09 +0.2 +0.39%
1964 51.89 +0.32 +0.62%
1963 51.57 +0.3 +0.58%
1962 51.27 +0.51 +1%
1961 50.77 +0.37 +0.73%
1960 50.4

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.