Subnational HDI (v10.2)
Life expectancy
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| South Africa (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 62.94 | 62.98 | 62.84 | 62.62 | 62.07 | 61.60 | 61.08 | 60.54 | 59.91 | 59.19 | 58.37 | 57.16 | 55.58 | 54.25 | 53.96 | 53.91 | 54.22 | 54.95 | 55.98 | 57.41 | 58.89 | 60.60 | 61.74 | 62.39 | 63.18 | 64.05 | 64.75 | 65.42 | 65.73 | 66.07 | 65.15 | 62.01 | 65.45 | 66.14 |
| Eastern Cape | 59.31 | 59.35 | 59.22 | 59.01 | 58.49 | 58.05 | 57.56 | 57.05 | 56.46 | 55.86 | 55.17 | 54.11 | 52.69 | 51.50 | 51.31 | 51.34 | 51.71 | 52.48 | 53.54 | 54.99 | 56.48 | 58.21 | 59.38 | 60.09 | 60.94 | 61.87 | 62.63 | 63.28 | 63.57 | 63.90 | 63.01 | 59.98 | 63.31 | 63.97 |
| Free State | 64.08 | 64.12 | 63.97 | 63.75 | 63.19 | 62.71 | 62.18 | 61.63 | 60.99 | 60.09 | 59.08 | 57.70 | 55.94 | 54.45 | 54.01 | 53.81 | 53.96 | 54.53 | 55.40 | 56.66 | 57.95 | 59.47 | 60.42 | 60.88 | 61.49 | 62.16 | 62.66 | 63.31 | 63.61 | 63.94 | 63.05 | 60.01 | 63.34 | 64.01 |
| Gauteng | 64.88 | 64.92 | 64.77 | 64.54 | 63.98 | 63.50 | 62.96 | 62.40 | 61.75 | 60.95 | 60.04 | 58.74 | 57.06 | 55.64 | 55.29 | 55.19 | 55.45 | 56.14 | 57.14 | 58.54 | 59.99 | 61.68 | 62.77 | 63.37 | 64.12 | 64.94 | 65.59 | 66.27 | 66.57 | 66.92 | 65.99 | 62.81 | 66.30 | 66.99 |
| KwaZulu Natal | 60.16 | 60.20 | 60.07 | 59.85 | 59.33 | 58.88 | 58.38 | 57.87 | 57.27 | 56.79 | 56.20 | 55.24 | 53.91 | 52.80 | 52.72 | 52.85 | 53.34 | 54.25 | 55.46 | 57.07 | 58.73 | 60.65 | 61.99 | 62.86 | 63.87 | 64.96 | 65.88 | 66.57 | 66.87 | 67.23 | 66.29 | 63.09 | 66.60 | 67.30 |
| Mpumalanga | 61.85 | 61.89 | 61.75 | 61.53 | 60.99 | 60.53 | 60.02 | 59.49 | 58.87 | 58.06 | 57.15 | 55.86 | 54.22 | 52.82 | 52.45 | 52.31 | 52.51 | 53.12 | 54.02 | 55.30 | 56.62 | 58.16 | 59.14 | 59.66 | 60.31 | 61.04 | 61.59 | 62.23 | 62.52 | 62.85 | 61.97 | 58.98 | 62.26 | 62.91 |
| North West | 64.67 | 64.71 | 64.56 | 64.33 | 63.77 | 63.29 | 62.75 | 62.20 | 61.55 | 60.60 | 59.55 | 58.12 | 56.32 | 54.77 | 54.30 | 54.06 | 54.18 | 54.72 | 55.56 | 56.78 | 58.04 | 59.52 | 60.43 | 60.86 | 61.42 | 62.05 | 62.51 | 63.16 | 63.46 | 63.79 | 62.90 | 59.87 | 63.19 | 63.85 |
| Northern Cape | 63.26 | 63.30 | 63.15 | 62.93 | 62.38 | 61.91 | 61.38 | 60.84 | 60.21 | 59.47 | 58.62 | 57.39 | 55.78 | 54.42 | 54.12 | 54.06 | 54.35 | 55.06 | 56.07 | 57.49 | 58.95 | 60.64 | 61.76 | 62.39 | 63.17 | 64.01 | 64.69 | 65.36 | 65.67 | 66.01 | 65.09 | 61.95 | 65.39 | 66.08 |
| Northern Province | 63.90 | 63.94 | 63.79 | 63.57 | 63.01 | 62.54 | 62.01 | 61.46 | 60.82 | 60.19 | 59.45 | 58.32 | 56.80 | 55.52 | 55.32 | 55.36 | 55.76 | 56.60 | 57.76 | 59.33 | 60.94 | 62.82 | 64.09 | 64.87 | 65.79 | 66.80 | 67.63 | 68.33 | 68.65 | 69.01 | 68.05 | 64.77 | 68.36 | 69.08 |
| Western Cape | 70.77 | 70.82 | 70.65 | 70.41 | 69.79 | 69.26 | 68.67 | 68.07 | 67.36 | 66.20 | 64.93 | 63.24 | 61.16 | 59.38 | 58.75 | 58.38 | 58.39 | 58.86 | 59.64 | 60.83 | 62.06 | 63.52 | 64.35 | 64.68 | 65.14 | 65.68 | 66.03 | 66.72 | 67.03 | 67.38 | 66.44 | 63.24 | 66.75 | 67.45 |