Thus, according to the report, this fact reflects the significant progress made in public health by the different governments that have succeeded one another at the head of the country. In the country of Teranga, life expectancy is 68.7 years. Only Cape Verde does better than Senegal. In this archipelago, we can expect to live for 76.1 years.
In third place in the ranking, we find Mauritania (68.5 years). It is followed by Gambia (65.9 years) and Ghana (65.5 years). Guinea Bissau is in 6th place (64.1 years). Togo is 7th (62.7 years) and Liberia 8th (62.2 years). The last two countries in the top 10 are, respectively, Ivory Coast (61.9 years) and Sierra Leone (61.8 years).
Expected duration is one of the most important demographic indicators. It shows the average number of years of a person’s future life. That is, a person’s future life can theoretically remain unchanged provided that current fertility and mortality rates remain unchanged throughout life.
The newspaper recalls that there are a total of 16 countries in West Africa. Benin, for example, ranks 13th with a life expectancy of 60.8 years, and Guinea, 14th place, with a life expectancy of 60.7 years.
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