Bahamas vs Viet Nam: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
Bahamas
74.55 years
in 2023
Viet Nam
74.59 years
in 2023
Bahamas rank
126th
Viet Nam rank
125th
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index over time
- Bahamas
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 74.59 years against 74.55 years in Bahamas, a difference of 0.04 years.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 126th and Viet Nam ranks 125th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 5 and Viet Nam in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.48 years | 52.88 years | 7.6 years | Bahamas |
| 1960s | 64.09 years | 56.72 years | 7.38 years | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 67.75 years | 59.2 years | 8.55 years | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 70.05 years | 67.09 years | 2.96 years | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 71.47 years | 70.7 years | 0.7764 years | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 73.19 years | 73.2 years | 0.0072 years | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 73.6 years | 73.91 years | 0.3035 years | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 73.2 years | 74.65 years | 1.46 years | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index, Bahamas or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 74.59 years against 74.55 years in Bahamas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index between Bahamas and Viet Nam?
- 0.04 years, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Viet Nam?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bahamas and Viet Nam rank globally for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
- Bahamas ranks 126th and Viet Nam ranks 125th 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 vs. Electoral Democracy Index. 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.