Which has higher life expectancy, Madagascar or Zimbabwe?

Madagascar, at 63.63 years against 62.77 years in Zimbabwe as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Madagascar and Zimbabwe?

0.86 years, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Zimbabwe?

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.

Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Life expectancy

Madagascar

63.63 years

in 2023

Zimbabwe

62.77 years

in 2023

Madagascar rank

217th

Zimbabwe rank

219th

Life expectancy over time

Madagascar
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 63.63 years against 62.77 years in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.86 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Madagascar ranks 217th and Zimbabwe ranks 219th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	41.21 years	51.22 years	10.01 years	Zimbabwe
1960s	45.31 years	55.59 years	10.28 years	Zimbabwe
1970s	49.22 years	57.27 years	8.05 years	Zimbabwe
1980s	50.55 years	60.13 years	9.58 years	Zimbabwe
1990s	54.63 years	52.01 years	2.62 years	Madagascar
2000s	60.33 years	46.73 years	13.6 years	Madagascar
2010s	63.21 years	57.71 years	5.5 years	Madagascar
2020s	62.98 years	61.7 years	1.28 years	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Madagascar or Zimbabwe?: Madagascar, at 63.63 years against 62.77 years in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Madagascar and Zimbabwe?: 0.86 years, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Zimbabwe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Madagascar and Zimbabwe rank globally for life expectancy?: Madagascar ranks 217th and Zimbabwe ranks 219th 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.

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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.