Which has higher life expectancy, Bhutan or Ukraine?

Ukraine, at 73.42 years against 72.98 years in Bhutan as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Bhutan and Ukraine?

0.44 years, with Ukraine ahead.

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

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 Ukraine: Life expectancy

Bhutan

72.98 years

in 2023

Ukraine

73.42 years

in 2023

Bhutan rank

139th

Ukraine rank

137th

Life expectancy over time

Bhutan
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 73.42 years against 72.98 years in Bhutan, a difference of 0.44 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ukraine ahead.

Bhutan ranks 139th and Ukraine ranks 137th of 236 countries.

Ukraine has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1950s	35.57 years	64.69 years	29.11 years	Ukraine
1960s	38.21 years	70.67 years	32.46 years	Ukraine
1970s	44.23 years	70.43 years	26.2 years	Ukraine
1980s	51.68 years	70.37 years	18.69 years	Ukraine
1990s	58.9 years	68.27 years	9.37 years	Ukraine
2000s	65.45 years	67.84 years	2.39 years	Ukraine
2010s	70.55 years	72.28 years	1.73 years	Ukraine
2020s	72.61 years	72.75 years	0.141 years	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bhutan or Ukraine?: Ukraine, at 73.42 years against 72.98 years in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bhutan and Ukraine?: 0.44 years, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Ukraine?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Ukraine rank globally for life expectancy?: Bhutan ranks 139th and Ukraine ranks 137th 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.