# Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan

Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 57.74 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `ss`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/south-sudan
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/south-sudan.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=ss

| Period | 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 |
| 2012 | 58.24 |
| 2011 | 57.67 |
| 2010 | 57.49 |
| 2009 | 56.85 |
| 2008 | 56.28 |
| 2007 | 55.43 |
| 2006 | 54.65 |
| 2005 | 53.97 |
| 2004 | 53.05 |
| 2003 | 52.32 |
| 2002 | 49.39 |
| 2001 | 48.55 |
| 2000 | 47.59 |
| 1999 | 44.54 |
| 1998 | 19.05 |
| 1997 | 33.07 |
| 1996 | 32.12 |
| 1995 | 31.51 |
| 1994 | 44.86 |
| 1993 | 22.26 |
| 1992 | 21.94 |
| 1991 | 29.19 |
| 1990 | 28.63 |
| 1989 | 28.22 |
| 1988 | 10.99 |
| 1987 | 20.72 |
| 1986 | 32.82 |
| 1985 | 32.36 |
| 1984 | 31.79 |
| 1983 | 34.73 |
| 1982 | 38.68 |
| 1981 | 38.31 |
| 1980 | 38.03 |
| 1979 | 37.81 |
| 1978 | 37.59 |
| 1977 | 37.4 |
| 1976 | 37.09 |
| 1975 | 36.87 |
| 1974 | 36.59 |
| 1973 | 36.28 |
| 1972 | 31.29 |
| 1971 | 30.99 |
| 1970 | 25.63 |
| 1969 | 25.4 |
| 1968 | 26.1 |
| 1967 | 25.86 |
| 1966 | 25.63 |
| 1965 | 28.78 |
| 1964 | 32.46 |
| 1963 | 28.25 |
| 1962 | 28.51 |
| 1961 | 28.28 |
| 1960 | 28.05 |