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This study empirically analyses the
socioeconomic determinants and drivers of
life expectancy in West Africa. The study
adopted a Panel Fixed Effect Least Square
Dummy Variable Regression with data
from World Development Indicators (WDI)
spanning through the period 1985-2018.
The result of the analysis shows that in West
Africa, real per capita gross national
income, old-age dependency ratio and child
mortality rate significantly affect life
expectancy. The study therefore,
recommends that the governments in this
sub-region should provide adequate social
protection measures for the elderly so as to
reduce the financial burden on the working
population and adequately formulate and
implement policy blueprints to improve
health outcomes such life expectancy and
others.
