Which has higher life expectancy, Moldova or Vanuatu?

Vanuatu, at 71.48 years against 71.2 years in Moldova as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Moldova and Vanuatu?

0.28 years, with Vanuatu ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Vanuatu?

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.

Moldova vs Vanuatu: Life expectancy

Moldova

71.2 years

in 2023

Vanuatu

71.48 years

in 2023

Moldova rank

162nd

Vanuatu rank

159th

Life expectancy over time

Moldova
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 71.48 years against 71.2 years in Moldova, a difference of 0.28 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Moldova ahead.

Moldova ranks 162nd and Vanuatu ranks 159th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Moldova averaged higher in 5 and Vanuatu in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Moldova	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1950s	56.54 years	46.47 years	10.07 years	Moldova
1960s	60.99 years	52.29 years	8.7 years	Moldova
1970s	63.58 years	57.9 years	5.69 years	Moldova
1980s	66.78 years	63.71 years	3.07 years	Moldova
1990s	66.82 years	67.78 years	0.9627 years	Vanuatu
2000s	68.25 years	69.02 years	0.7678 years	Vanuatu
2010s	70.2 years	70.17 years	0.0317 years	Moldova
2020s	70.41 years	70.78 years	0.3662 years	Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Moldova or Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 71.48 years against 71.2 years in Moldova as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Moldova and Vanuatu?: 0.28 years, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Vanuatu?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Moldova and Vanuatu rank globally for life expectancy?: Moldova ranks 162nd and Vanuatu ranks 159th 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.