Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Yemen: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Lao People's Democratic Republic
68.96 years
in 2023
Yemen
69.3 years
in 2023
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
178th
Yemen rank
175th
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 69.3 years against 68.96 years in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 0.34 years.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 178th and Yemen ranks 175th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.09 years | 30.74 years | 9.36 years | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1960s | 42.21 years | 35.61 years | 6.61 years | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1970s | 45.58 years | 45.05 years | 0.5255 years | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1980s | 51.22 years | 54.46 years | 3.24 years | Yemen |
| 1990s | 56.11 years | 60.29 years | 4.18 years | Yemen |
| 2000s | 60.5 years | 65 years | 4.51 years | Yemen |
| 2010s | 66.19 years | 67.16 years | 0.9692 years | Yemen |
| 2020s | 68.46 years | 67.43 years | 1.03 years | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 69.3 years against 68.96 years in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Yemen?
- 0.34 years, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Yemen?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Yemen rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 178th and Yemen ranks 175th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. 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.