Which has higher life expectancy, Bahamas or Belarus?

Bahamas, at 74.55 years against 74.43 years in Belarus as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Bahamas and Belarus?

0.12 years, with Bahamas ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belarus?

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.

Bahamas vs Belarus: Life expectancy

Bahamas

74.55 years

in 2023

Belarus

74.43 years

in 2023

Bahamas rank

126th

Belarus rank

128th

Life expectancy over time

Bahamas
Belarus

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 74.55 years against 74.43 years in Belarus, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 126th and Belarus ranks 128th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 3 and Belarus in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Belarus	Difference	Ahead
1950s	60.48 years	63.06 years	2.58 years	Belarus
1960s	64.09 years	71.08 years	6.98 years	Belarus
1970s	67.75 years	71.39 years	3.64 years	Belarus
1980s	70.05 years	71.19 years	1.13 years	Belarus
1990s	71.47 years	69.3 years	2.18 years	Bahamas
2000s	73.19 years	69.15 years	4.05 years	Bahamas
2010s	73.6 years	73.02 years	0.5875 years	Bahamas
2020s	73.2 years	73.32 years	0.124 years	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bahamas or Belarus?: Bahamas, at 74.55 years against 74.43 years in Belarus as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bahamas and Belarus?: 0.12 years, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belarus?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahamas and Belarus rank globally for life expectancy?: Bahamas ranks 126th and Belarus ranks 128th 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.