Table # 5: Lowest Life Expectancy

Table # 5b Countries with the Lowest Life Expectancy
Life expectancy is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live under current mortality levels.
	1993	1998	2000	2003	2006
1	Sierra Leone Afghanistan Guinea	Sierra Leone	Zambia	Mozambique	Botswana Swaziland
1	42	34	37	34	34
2	Uganda	Swaziland	Swaziland	Botswana Lesotho	Lesotho
2	43	39	38	37	36
3		Zimbabwe	Malawi Rwanda	Malawi	Zimbabwe Zambia
3		40	39	39	37
4		Botswana	Mozambique Zimbabwe	Rwanda Angola	Sierra Leone
4		41	40	40	41
5		Namibia Lesotho Ethiopia	Niger	Zimbabwe Zambia	Mozambique
5		42	41	41	42
Source: Population Reference Bureau Data Sheets: 1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006 Chart created by Russ Long