Mauritania vs Yemen: Life expectancy

Mauritania
64.53 years
in 2020
Yemen
64.65 years
in 2020
Mauritania rank
129th
Yemen rank
128th

Life expectancy over time

  • Mauritania
  • Yemen
0204060187019452020

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 64.65 years against 64.53 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Yemen ahead.

Mauritania ranks 129th and Yemen ranks 128th of 162 countries.

Across the 15 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 6 and Yemen in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Yemen Difference Ahead
1870s 25 years 25 years 0 years
1880s 25 years 25 years 0 years
1890s 25 years 25 years 0 years
1900s 25 years 25 years 0 years
1910s 25 years 26 years 1 years Yemen
1920s 25.61 years 26 years 0.3893 years Yemen
1930s 31.7 years 26 years 5.7 years Mauritania
1950s 36.55 years 33.38 years 3.17 years Mauritania
1960s 39.66 years 37.44 years 2.22 years Mauritania
1970s 43.65 years 43.19 years 0.4583 years Mauritania
1980s 53.69 years 48.94 years 4.75 years Mauritania
1990s 60.01 years 59.58 years 0.438 years Mauritania
2000s 61.34 years 64.07 years 2.72 years Yemen
2010s 63.79 years 66.58 years 2.78 years Yemen
2020s 64.53 years 64.65 years 0.118 years Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Mauritania or Yemen?
Yemen, at 64.65 years against 64.53 years in Mauritania as of 2020.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Mauritania and Yemen?
0.12 years, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Yemen?
24 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
How do Mauritania and Yemen rank globally for life expectancy?
Mauritania ranks 129th and Yemen ranks 128th of 162 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor 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
Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed

Average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates in the current year were to stay the same throughout its life.