Which has higher life expectancy, Belarus or Vietnam?

Vietnam, at 74.59 years against 74.43 years in Belarus as of 2023.

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

0.16 years, with Vietnam ahead.

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

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.

Belarus vs Vietnam: Life expectancy

Belarus

74.43 years

in 2023

Vietnam

74.59 years

in 2023

Belarus rank

128th

Vietnam rank

125th

Life expectancy over time

Belarus
Vietnam

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 74.59 years against 74.43 years in Belarus, a difference of 0.16 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 128th and Vietnam ranks 125th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 4 and Vietnam in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
1950s	63.06 years	52.88 years	10.17 years	Belarus
1960s	71.08 years	56.72 years	14.36 years	Belarus
1970s	71.39 years	59.2 years	12.19 years	Belarus
1980s	71.19 years	67.09 years	4.09 years	Belarus
1990s	69.3 years	70.7 years	1.4 years	Vietnam
2000s	69.15 years	73.2 years	4.05 years	Vietnam
2010s	73.02 years	73.91 years	0.8909 years	Vietnam
2020s	73.32 years	74.65 years	1.33 years	Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Belarus or Vietnam?: Vietnam, at 74.59 years against 74.43 years in Belarus as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Belarus and Vietnam?: 0.16 years, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Vietnam?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Belarus and Vietnam rank globally for life expectancy?: Belarus ranks 128th and Vietnam 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. 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.