Life Expectancy of East African Countries (1960-2017)
Updated on June 21, 2019.
Interaction:
- Hover/Click on the circles to see the actual values.
- Click on a country to highlight it while graying out other countries and click again to undo.
Source: World Bank.
Visualization: BeautifyData.com
Life expectancy at birth
Mauritius and Seychelles had the two highest life expectancy compared to the remaining countries in East Africa. Rwanda had a great bounced back after its life expectancy fell to its lowest of 27.6 in 1993. In 2017, Rwanda's life expectancy was 67.5, the third highest in East Africa, after Mauritius and Seychelles which were 74.5 and 74.3 respectively.