Which has higher life expectancy, Bolivia or Mauritania?

Bolivia, at 68.58 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Mauritania?

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.

Bolivia vs Mauritania: Life expectancy

Bolivia

68.58 years

in 2023

Mauritania

68.48 years

in 2023

Bolivia rank

181st

Mauritania rank

182nd

Life expectancy over time

Bolivia
Mauritania

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 68.58 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bolivia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 181st and Mauritania ranks 182nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 4 and Mauritania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	41.81 years	40.48 years	1.33 years	Bolivia
1960s	44.95 years	46.93 years	1.98 years	Mauritania
1970s	49.13 years	51.54 years	2.41 years	Mauritania
1980s	53.74 years	55.52 years	1.78 years	Mauritania
1990s	59.38 years	59 years	0.3834 years	Bolivia
2000s	63.95 years	63.51 years	0.4398 years	Bolivia
2010s	67.03 years	66.48 years	0.5481 years	Bolivia
2020s	65.09 years	67.58 years	2.49 years	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bolivia or Mauritania?: Bolivia, at 68.58 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bolivia and Mauritania?: 0.1 years, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bolivia and Mauritania rank globally for life expectancy?: Bolivia ranks 181st and Mauritania ranks 182nd 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.