Which has higher life expectancy, Cape Verde or Romania?

Cape Verde, at 76.06 years against 75.94 years in Romania as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Cape Verde and Romania?

0.12 years, with Cape Verde ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Romania?

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.

Cape Verde vs Romania: Life expectancy

Cape Verde

76.06 years

in 2023

Romania

75.94 years

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

109th

Romania rank

112th

Life expectancy over time

Cape Verde
Romania

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 76.06 years against 75.94 years in Romania, a difference of 0.12 years.

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

Cape Verde ranks 109th and Romania ranks 112th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	46.69 years	62.91 years	16.23 years	Romania
1960s	52.47 years	67.53 years	15.05 years	Romania
1970s	58.69 years	69.17 years	10.48 years	Romania
1980s	62.2 years	69.54 years	7.34 years	Romania
1990s	65.07 years	69.59 years	4.52 years	Romania
2000s	70.46 years	71.82 years	1.37 years	Romania
2010s	73.94 years	74.71 years	0.7629 years	Romania
2020s	75.05 years	74.5 years	0.5551 years	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cape Verde or Romania?: Cape Verde, at 76.06 years against 75.94 years in Romania as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cape Verde and Romania?: 0.12 years, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Romania rank globally for life expectancy?: Cape Verde ranks 109th and Romania ranks 112th 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.