Which has higher life expectancy, Botswana or Yemen?

Yemen, at 69.3 years against 69.16 years in Botswana as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Yemen?

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.

Botswana vs Yemen: Life expectancy

Botswana

69.16 years

in 2023

Yemen

69.3 years

in 2023

Botswana rank

177th

Yemen rank

175th

Life expectancy over time

Botswana
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 69.3 years against 69.16 years in Botswana, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 177th and Yemen ranks 175th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	48.3 years	30.74 years	17.56 years	Botswana
1960s	53.59 years	35.61 years	17.98 years	Botswana
1970s	59.25 years	45.05 years	14.2 years	Botswana
1980s	62.9 years	54.46 years	8.44 years	Botswana
1990s	55.85 years	60.29 years	4.43 years	Yemen
2000s	54.55 years	65 years	10.46 years	Yemen
2010s	62.91 years	67.16 years	4.25 years	Yemen
2020s	67.21 years	67.43 years	0.2111 years	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Botswana or Yemen?: Yemen, at 69.3 years against 69.16 years in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Botswana and Yemen?: 0.14 years, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Yemen rank globally for life expectancy?: Botswana ranks 177th and Yemen ranks 175th 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.