South Africa · Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)
15.3 years2021
Unit: years. Publisher measure: Life expectancy at age 60 (years).
Additional remaining life expectancy for a person aged 60, both sexes, under the mortality rates of the reference year; not healthy life expectancy.
Measurement basis: WHO modelled period life-table estimates based on sex- and age-specific mortality.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
Displayed values are rounded, with extra precision when needed to keep a positive estimate positive. Downloads retain the full numeric estimate and the publisher's original display text separately.
A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2000 | 17.00596331 | 16.93465591 | 17.0613017 | — |
| South Africa | 2001 | 16.90019976 | 16.83605164 | 16.95014332 | — |
| South Africa | 2002 | 16.64317429 | 16.57071805 | 16.69392587 | — |
| South Africa | 2003 | 16.399462 | 16.33459579 | 16.4449432 | — |
| South Africa | 2004 | 16.44374395 | 16.37238704 | 16.49524275 | — |
| South Africa | 2005 | 16.43655262 | 16.36353626 | 16.49413054 | — |
| South Africa | 2006 | 16.34876268 | 16.27985581 | 16.39564073 | — |
| South Africa | 2007 | 16.43784582 | 16.37239269 | 16.48369846 | — |
| South Africa | 2008 | 16.50171687 | 16.43595981 | 16.54792122 | — |
| South Africa | 2009 | 16.55008377 | 16.48285239 | 16.60283496 | — |
| South Africa | 2010 | 16.71316509 | 16.64242095 | 16.7608972 | — |
| South Africa | 2011 | 17.00813198 | 16.9443406 | 17.06382074 | — |
| South Africa | 2012 | 17.33302198 | 17.27696924 | 17.38644545 | — |
| South Africa | 2013 | 17.58845402 | 17.53841636 | 17.64396738 | — |
| South Africa | 2014 | 17.63046936 | 17.57358776 | 17.68765992 | — |
| South Africa | 2015 | 17.62515884 | 17.56830271 | 17.68835044 | — |
| South Africa | 2016 | 17.7585983 | 17.70327977 | 17.81727197 | — |
| South Africa | 2017 | 18.06823737 | 17.999075 | 18.14224361 | — |
| South Africa | 2018 | 18.29667874 | 18.2038528 | 18.38274247 | — |
| South Africa | 2019 | 18.70505626 | 18.56841766 | 18.8377212 | — |
| South Africa | 2020 | 17.04444597 | 16.92414073 | 17.16170799 | — |
| South Africa | 2021 | 15.27070826 | 15.12280001 | 15.40526083 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.