Which has higher life expectancy, Bhutan or Honduras?

Bhutan, at 72.98 years against 72.88 years in Honduras as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Honduras?

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.

Bhutan vs Honduras: Life expectancy

Bhutan

72.98 years

in 2023

Honduras

72.88 years

in 2023

Bhutan rank

139th

Honduras rank

141st

Life expectancy over time

Bhutan
Honduras

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 72.98 years against 72.88 years in Honduras, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Honduras ahead.

Bhutan ranks 139th and Honduras ranks 141st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Honduras in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Honduras	Difference	Ahead
1950s	35.57 years	43.51 years	7.94 years	Honduras
1960s	38.21 years	50.46 years	12.25 years	Honduras
1970s	44.23 years	56.56 years	12.33 years	Honduras
1980s	51.68 years	62.84 years	11.16 years	Honduras
1990s	58.9 years	66.14 years	7.24 years	Honduras
2000s	65.45 years	69.1 years	3.65 years	Honduras
2010s	70.55 years	71.1 years	0.5496 years	Honduras
2020s	72.61 years	71.49 years	1.12 years	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bhutan or Honduras?: Bhutan, at 72.98 years against 72.88 years in Honduras as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bhutan and Honduras?: 0.1 years, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Honduras?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Honduras rank globally for life expectancy?: Bhutan ranks 139th and Honduras ranks 141st 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.