Which has higher life expectancy, Tonga or Ukraine?

Ukraine, at 73.42 years against 72.89 years in Tonga as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Tonga and Ukraine?

0.53 years, with Ukraine ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Ukraine?

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.

Tonga vs Ukraine: Life expectancy

Tonga

72.89 years

in 2023

Ukraine

73.42 years

in 2023

Tonga rank

140th

Ukraine rank

137th

Life expectancy over time

Tonga
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 73.42 years against 72.89 years in Tonga, a difference of 0.53 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ukraine ahead.

Tonga ranks 140th and Ukraine ranks 137th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 2 and Ukraine in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tonga	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1950s	53.71 years	64.69 years	10.97 years	Ukraine
1960s	60.49 years	70.67 years	10.18 years	Ukraine
1970s	64.81 years	70.43 years	5.61 years	Ukraine
1980s	66.83 years	70.37 years	3.54 years	Ukraine
1990s	68.48 years	68.27 years	0.213 years	Tonga
2000s	70.43 years	67.84 years	2.59 years	Tonga
2010s	71.8 years	72.28 years	0.4823 years	Ukraine
2020s	72.51 years	72.75 years	0.2391 years	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Tonga or Ukraine?: Ukraine, at 73.42 years against 72.89 years in Tonga as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Tonga and Ukraine?: 0.53 years, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Ukraine?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Tonga and Ukraine rank globally for life expectancy?: Tonga ranks 140th and Ukraine ranks 137th 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.