Which has higher life expectancy, Algeria or Latvia?

Algeria, at 76.26 years against 76.19 years in Latvia as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Algeria and Latvia?

0.07 years, with Algeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Latvia?

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.

Algeria vs Latvia: Life expectancy

Algeria

76.26 years

in 2023

Latvia

76.19 years

in 2023

Algeria rank

105th

Latvia rank

106th

Life expectancy over time

Algeria
Latvia

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 76.26 years against 76.19 years in Latvia, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Latvia ahead.

Algeria ranks 105th and Latvia ranks 106th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 4 and Latvia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Algeria	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	41.82 years	66.98 years	25.17 years	Latvia
1960s	42.14 years	70.66 years	28.52 years	Latvia
1970s	46.98 years	69.76 years	22.79 years	Latvia
1980s	62.54 years	69.95 years	7.41 years	Latvia
1990s	68.23 years	68.12 years	0.1134 years	Algeria
2000s	72.45 years	70.85 years	1.6 years	Algeria
2010s	75.01 years	74.4 years	0.6068 years	Algeria
2020s	75.21 years	74.93 years	0.2837 years	Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Algeria or Latvia?: Algeria, at 76.26 years against 76.19 years in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Algeria and Latvia?: 0.07 years, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Latvia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Algeria and Latvia rank globally for life expectancy?: Algeria ranks 105th and Latvia ranks 106th 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: 06 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.