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Countries with Lowest Life Expectancy at Birth – Female

by Vishul Malik

The following countries are generally considered to have some of the lowest life expectancy at birth for females. Sierra Leone Central African Republic Lesotho Chad Nigeria Ivory Coast Cameroon Mali…


world top ten countries with the lowest female life expectancy at birth

The following countries are generally considered to have some of the lowest life expectancy at birth for females.

  • Sierra Leone
  • Central African Republic
  • Lesotho
  • Chad
  • Nigeria
  • Ivory Coast
  • Cameroon
  • Mali
  • Burkina Faso
  • Guinea-Bissau

 

Countries with Lowest Life Expectancy at Birth – Female

Rank Country Life expectancy at birth Female (2015)
1 Eswatini(Swaziland) 48.1
2 Lesotho 50.0
3 Sierra Leone 51.9
4 Côte d’Ivoire 52.8
5 Chad 53.0
6 Central African Republic 53.4
7 Nigeria 53.4
8 Angola 54.2
9 Mozambique 56.8
10 South Sudan 57.1

Other Countries with Lowest Life Expectancy at Birth – Female

Rank Country Life expectancy at birth Female (2015)
11 Cameroon 57.1
12 Guinea-Bissau 57.3
13 Mali 58.3
14 Burundi 59.2
15 Equatorial Guinea 59.4
16 South Africa 59.5
17 Guinea 59.7
18 Burkina Faso 60.3
19 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 60.5
20 Zimbabwe 60.7
21 Togo 60.9
22 Uganda 61.1
23 Benin 61.2
24 Gambia 61.9
25 Afghanistan 62.0
26 Liberia 62.2
27 Ghana 62.5
28 Zambia 62.9
29 Niger 62.9
30 Djibouti 64.0
31 Kenya 64.1
32 Congo 64.4
33 Mauritania 64.7
34 Malawi 64.8
35 Papua New Guinea 65.0
36 Haiti 65.3
37 Comoros 65.3
38 Sudan 65.3
39 Yemen 65.4
40 Gabon 65.7

Source: http://hdr.undp.org/

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