Tanzania vs Tuvalu: Life expectancy at birth, total

Tanzania
67.21 years
in 2024
Tuvalu
67.26 years
in 2024
Tanzania rank
176th
Tuvalu rank
175th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Tanzania
  • Tuvalu
0204060196019922024

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 67.26 years against 67.21 years in Tanzania, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tuvalu ahead.

Tanzania ranks 176th and Tuvalu ranks 175th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Tanzania Tuvalu Difference Ahead
1960s 44.27 years 51.62 years 7.35 years Tuvalu
1970s 48.67 years 57.66 years 8.98 years Tuvalu
1980s 52.02 years 60.99 years 8.98 years Tuvalu
1990s 51.51 years 62.28 years 10.77 years Tuvalu
2000s 57.09 years 64.09 years 7 years Tuvalu
2010s 63.6 years 65.39 years 1.79 years Tuvalu
2020s 66.8 years 66.68 years 0.1182 years Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, total, Tanzania or Tuvalu?
Tuvalu, at 67.26 years against 67.21 years in Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth, total between Tanzania and Tuvalu?
0.05 years, with Tuvalu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Tuvalu?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Tanzania and Tuvalu rank globally for life expectancy at birth, total?
Tanzania ranks 176th and Tuvalu ranks 175th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Life expectancy at birth, total (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

Tanzania vs Tuvalu: Life expectancy at birth, total. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-at-birth-total-years/tanzania/tuvalu/

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-total-years/tanzania/tuvalu/">Tanzania vs Tuvalu: Life expectancy at birth, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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.