Life Expectancy of West African Countries

Updated on May 6, 2019.

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

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Source: World Bank.
Ghana
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Benin
Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso
Gambia
Cape Verde
Togo
Senegal
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)