Eritrea vs Mauritania: Life expectancy at birth, male

Eritrea
66.76 years
in 2024
Mauritania
66.7 years
in 2024
Eritrea rank
158th
Mauritania rank
159th

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

  • Eritrea
  • Mauritania
0204060196019922024

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 66.76 years against 66.7 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.

Eritrea ranks 158th and Mauritania ranks 159th of 217 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Mauritania Difference Ahead
1960s 37.01 years 45.74 years 8.73 years Mauritania
1970s 39.12 years 49.84 years 10.73 years Mauritania
1980s 40.68 years 53.84 years 13.16 years Mauritania
1990s 49.41 years 57.45 years 8.04 years Mauritania
2000s 58.48 years 61.45 years 2.97 years Mauritania
2010s 63.59 years 64.52 years 0.928 years Mauritania
2020s 65.68 years 65.84 years 0.1628 years Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, male, Eritrea or Mauritania?
Eritrea, at 66.76 years against 66.7 years in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth, male between Eritrea and Mauritania?
0.06 years, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Mauritania?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Mauritania rank globally for life expectancy at birth, male?
Eritrea ranks 158th and Mauritania ranks 159th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Life expectancy at birth, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Eritrea vs Mauritania: Life expectancy at birth, male. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-at-birth-male-years/eritrea/mauritania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-at-birth-male-years/eritrea/mauritania/">Eritrea vs Mauritania: Life expectancy at birth, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,191 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.