List of South African provinces by life expectancy

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)

region201920212021→202220222019→2022malefemale overalloverallmalefemale 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

Alternative estimate Males +Provincial life expectancy at birth (males), 2001–2021RankProvince2001–20062006–20112011–20162016–2021(est.)1Western Cape56.661.163.965.72Gauteng55.456.561.663.83Limpopo54.354.459.361.84Northern Cape51.9 52.956.860.44Mpumalanga52.453.357.860.46Eastern Cape52.353.057.359.67North West49.150.356.657.98KwaZulu-Natal47.548.354.657.19Free State45.646.353.154.6

Females +Provincial life expectancy at birth (females), 2001–2021RankProvince2001–20062006–20112011–20162016–2021(est.)1Western Cape64.567.270.671.12Gauteng59.260.966.669.23Limpopo57.758.665.167.44Eastern Cape56.858.664.067.15Mpumalanga56.157.663.566.26Northern Cape57.258.563.366.07North West53.355.062.665.28KwaZulu-Natal52.654.460.963.79Free State49.250.758.661.3

See also

List of African countries by life expectancy

References