Human life expectancy refers to the average number of years that a group of people can expect to live if it is born in a given year and if the mortality rate remains constant in the future. This is Wikipedia’s definition. This ranking takes into account 2015 figures published in 2016.

Figures in the world

In the world ranking of countries with the highest life expectancy, Japan leads with 83.7 years for both sexes. It is followed by Switzerland with 83.4 years and Singapore with 83.1 years.

In terms of gender, men live as long as 81.3 years in Switzerland, while women live the longest in the world at 86.8 years old in Japan.

 

For Africa

The first African country to appear in this ranking is Algeria. The country ranks 60 ^th in the world rankings. In addition, it is the 81 ^st country where women live the longest and the 50 ^th for men. After Algeria, Tunisia is that positions to 65 ^th place worldwide.

For both sexes, it is in Seychelles that women live the longest with 78 years. Then, it is in Algeria that men live the longest with 73.8 years.

 

Summary table

Rank for Africa	Country	World (two sexes)	Hope two sexes	Female rank	Hope women	Men’s rank	Hope men
1.	Algeria	60th	75.6	81th	77.5	50th	73.8
2.	Tunisia	65th	75.3	76th	77.8	61th	73.0
3.	Mauritius	77th	74.6	76th	77.8	78th	71.4
4.	Morocco	83th	74.3	99th	75.4	56th	73.3
5.	Green cap	93th	73.3	103rd	75.0	81th	71.3
6.	seychelles	94th	73.2	66th	78.0	98th	69.1
7.	Libya	96th	72.7	98th	75.6	92th	70.1
8.	Egypt	107th	70.9	111th	73.2	99th	68.8
9.	Sao Tome and Principe	127th	67.5	130th	69.4	124th	65.6
10.	Senegal	128th	66.7	132th	68.6	130th	64.6