How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Mexico?

79 years are reported by both, from 1924 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mauritius vs Mexico: Life expectancy for people of different ages

Mauritius

74.93 years

in 2023

Mexico

75.07 years

in 2023

Mauritius rank

123rd

Mexico rank

121st

Life expectancy for people of different ages over time

Mauritius
Mexico

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 75.07 years against 74.93 years in Mauritius, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1924 it was Mexico ahead.

Mauritius ranks 123rd and Mexico ranks 121st of 236 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 6 and Mexico in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritius	Mexico	Difference	Ahead
1920s	31.22 years	32.8 years	1.58 years	Mexico
1930s	33.87 years	38.2 years	4.33 years	Mexico
1940s	36.02 years	44.03 years	8.01 years	Mexico
1950s	53.85 years	48.52 years	5.34 years	Mauritius
1960s	61.18 years	56.31 years	4.87 years	Mauritius
1970s	64.43 years	61.47 years	2.96 years	Mauritius
1980s	68.45 years	66.52 years	1.93 years	Mauritius
1990s	70.49 years	70.56 years	0.0676 years	Mexico
2000s	72.53 years	73.38 years	0.8462 years	Mexico
2010s	74.43 years	74.24 years	0.1949 years	Mauritius
2020s	74.01 years	72.31 years	1.7 years	Mauritius

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Mauritius or Mexico?: Mexico, at 75.07 years against 74.93 years in Mauritius as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Mauritius and Mexico?: 0.14 years, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Mexico?: 79 years are reported by both, from 1924 to 2023.
How do Mauritius and Mexico rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?: Mauritius ranks 123rd and Mexico ranks 121st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.