Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Mongolia or Samoa?

Mongolia, at 71.73 years against 71.7 years in Samoa as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Mongolia and Samoa?

0.03 years, with Mongolia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and Samoa?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 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.

Mongolia vs Samoa: Life expectancy for people of different ages

Mongolia

71.73 years

in 2023

Samoa

71.7 years

in 2023

Mongolia rank

154th

Samoa rank

155th

Life expectancy for people of different ages over time

Mongolia
Samoa

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 71.73 years against 71.7 years in Samoa, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.

Mongolia ranks 154th and Samoa ranks 155th of 236 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mongolia	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40.6 years	51.89 years	11.29 years	Samoa
1960s	48.17 years	57.24 years	9.07 years	Samoa
1970s	53.9 years	62.54 years	8.64 years	Samoa
1980s	56.42 years	66.35 years	9.93 years	Samoa
1990s	60.9 years	69.25 years	8.35 years	Samoa
2000s	65.08 years	71.17 years	6.09 years	Samoa
2010s	68.92 years	71.07 years	2.15 years	Samoa
2020s	70.46 years	71.27 years	0.8093 years	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Mongolia or Samoa?: Mongolia, at 71.73 years against 71.7 years in Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Mongolia and Samoa?: 0.03 years, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and Samoa?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mongolia and Samoa rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?: Mongolia ranks 154th and Samoa ranks 155th 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.