Mauritius vs Mexico: Life expectancy
Mauritius
74.93 years
in 2023
Mexico
75.07 years
in 2023
Mauritius rank
123rd
Mexico rank
121st
Life expectancy 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, Mauritius or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 75.07 years against 74.93 years in Mauritius as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy 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?
- 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.