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
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
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.