List of South African provinces by life expectancy

Development of life expectancy in South Africa according to estimation of the World Bank Group
Life expectancy with calculated gender gap
Development of life expectancy in South Africa in comparison to some other African countries
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Africa on the background of other countries of Africa in 2019
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females

This article lists the provinces of South Africa by their life expectancy at birth according to data by Statistics South Africa.

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

Main article: List of African regions by life expectancy
region 2019 2019
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2019
→2022
overall male female F Δ M overall overall male female F Δ M
South Africa on average 66.18 62.83 69.11 6.28 −3.84 62.34 −0.86 61.48 58.60 64.18 5.58 −4.70
Limpopo 69.12 65.50 72.52 7.02 −4.01 65.11 −0.90 64.21 61.08 67.35 6.27 −4.91
Western Cape 67.48 64.03 70.63 6.60 −3.91 63.57 −0.87 62.70 59.71 65.59 5.88 −4.78
KwaZulu Natal 67.33 63.89 70.45 6.56 −3.90 63.43 −0.88 62.55 59.58 65.43 5.85 −4.78
Gauteng 67.03 63.61 70.10 6.49 −3.88 63.15 −0.88 62.27 59.32 65.11 5.79 −4.76
Northern Cape 66.11 62.78 69.04 6.26 −3.83 62.28 −0.86 61.42 58.55 64.12 5.57 −4.69
Free State 64.04 60.87 66.61 5.74 −3.71 60.33 −0.83 59.50 56.76 61.86 5.10 −4.54
Eastern Cape 64.00 60.83 66.56 5.73 −3.70 60.30 −0.84 59.46 56.73 61.82 5.09 −4.54
North West 63.89 60.72 66.43 5.71 −3.70 60.19 −0.83 59.36 56.63 61.69 5.06 −4.53
Mpumalanga 62.95 59.84 65.31 5.47 −3.65 59.30 −0.82 58.48 55.80 60.66 4.86 −4.47

Data source: Global Data Lab[1]

Alternative estimate

Males

Provincial life expectancy at birth (males), 2001–2021[2]
Rank Province 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2016–2021
(est.)
1 Western Cape 56.6 61.1 63.9 65.7
2 Gauteng 55.4 56.5 61.6 63.8
3 Limpopo 54.3 54.4 59.3 61.8
4 Northern Cape 51.9 52.9 56.8 60.4
4 Mpumalanga 52.4 53.3 57.8 60.4
6 Eastern Cape 52.3 53.0 57.3 59.6
7 North West 49.1 50.3 56.6 57.9
8 KwaZulu-Natal 47.5 48.3 54.6 57.1
9 Free State 45.6 46.3 53.1 54.6

Females

Provincial life expectancy at birth (females), 2001–2021[2]
Rank Province 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2016 2016–2021
(est.)
1 Western Cape 64.5 67.2 70.6 71.1
2 Gauteng 59.2 60.9 66.6 69.2
3 Limpopo 57.7 58.6 65.1 67.4
4 Eastern Cape 56.8 58.6 64.0 67.1
5 Mpumalanga 56.1 57.6 63.5 66.2
6 Northern Cape 57.2 58.5 63.3 66.0
7 North West 53.3 55.0 62.6 65.2
8 KwaZulu-Natal 52.6 54.4 60.9 63.7
9 Free State 49.2 50.7 58.6 61.3

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Mid-year population estimates 2019" (PDF). Statistics South Africa.
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