Which has higher life expectancy, Botswana or Palau?

Palau, at 69.27 years against 69.16 years in Botswana as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Palau?

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs Palau: Life expectancy

Botswana

69.16 years

in 2023

Palau

69.27 years

in 2023

Botswana rank

177th

Palau rank

176th

Life expectancy over time

Botswana
Palau

How they compare

Palau currently reports 69.27 years against 69.16 years in Botswana, a difference of 0.11 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palau ahead.

Botswana ranks 177th and Palau ranks 176th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Palau in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Palau	Difference	Ahead
1950s	48.3 years	53.61 years	5.31 years	Palau
1960s	53.59 years	55.95 years	2.36 years	Palau
1970s	59.25 years	59.71 years	0.4628 years	Palau
1980s	62.9 years	62.53 years	0.3681 years	Botswana
1990s	55.85 years	63.32 years	7.47 years	Palau
2000s	54.55 years	66.12 years	11.57 years	Palau
2010s	62.91 years	68.9 years	5.99 years	Palau
2020s	67.21 years	68.86 years	1.65 years	Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Botswana or Palau?: Palau, at 69.27 years against 69.16 years in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Botswana and Palau?: 0.11 years, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Palau?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Palau rank globally for life expectancy?: Botswana ranks 177th and Palau ranks 176th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
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.