List of South African provinces by life expectancy

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

Males

Provincial average life expectancy at birth (males), 2001–2021[1]

Rank	Province	2001–2006	2006–2011	2011–2016	2016–2021 (est.)
1	Western Cape	59.6	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	57.8
8	KwaZulu-Natal	47.5	48.3	54.6	57.1
9	Free State	45.6	46.3	53.1	54.6

Females

Provincial average life expectancy at birth (females), 2001–2021[1]

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

References

1. "Mid-year population estimates 2019" (PDF). Statistics South Africa.