South Sudan's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) was 47.93% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 18.12 percentage points from 29.81% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 47.93% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 49.94% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 29.81% | 2014 |
| Highest | 52.72% | 2012 |
| Lowest | 1.83% | 1988 |
| Average since 2015 | 38.33% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 11.78% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, South Sudan's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) rose 0.18 percentage points on 2023 (from 47.75% to 47.93%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.46 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.64 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.56 percentage points in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.68 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, South Sudan had the 214th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 47.93% | 2024 |
| World | 74% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.21% | 2024 |
| Low income | 61.13% | 2024 |
Closest to South Sudan in the 2024 ranking
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 210th of 217: 51.67%
- Zimbabwe — 211th of 217: 50.79%
- Naoero — 212th of 217: 48.6%
- Nigeria — 214th of 217: 47.49%
- Chad — 215th of 217: 45.31%
- Central African Republic — 216th of 217: 45.12%
What this measures
Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 65 values
| Year | Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 47.93 |
| 2023 | 47.75 |
| 2022 | 46.72 |
| 2021 | 46.51 |
| 2020 | 47.72 |
| 2019 | 49.94 |
| 2018 | 39.56 |
| 2017 | 16.62 |
| 2016 | 18.26 |
| 2015 | 22.28 |
| 2014 |
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Angola — 58.68% (2024)
- Benin — 56.11% (2024)
- Botswana — 65.67% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 55.55% (2024)
- Burundi — 58.48% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 77.63% (2024)
- Cameroon — 58.42% (2024)
- Central African Republic — 45.12% (2024)
- Chad — 45.31% (2024)
- Comoros — 63.63% (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More health data for South Sudan
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 12.53% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 13.29% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 2.29 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 36.96% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 2.34 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 39.04% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 4.63 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 37.99% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.35% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is South Sudan's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)?
- 47.93% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 36.15 percentage points from 11.78% in 1960. The highest value was 52.72% in 2012 and the lowest 1.83% in 1988.
- How does South Sudan rank?
- 214th highest of 217 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) unusual for South Sudan?
- In 2024, South Sudan's survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) rose 0.18 percentage points on 2023 (from 47.75% to 47.93%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.46 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.TO65.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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