Which has higher life expectancy, Cambodia or Guyana?

Cambodia, at 70.67 years against 70.18 years in Guyana as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Cambodia and Guyana?

0.49 years, with Cambodia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Guyana?

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.

Cambodia vs Guyana: Life expectancy

Cambodia

70.67 years

in 2023

Guyana

70.18 years

in 2023

Cambodia rank

165th

Guyana rank

168th

Life expectancy over time

Cambodia
Guyana

How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 70.67 years against 70.18 years in Guyana, a difference of 0.49 years.

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

Cambodia ranks 165th and Guyana ranks 168th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 2 and Guyana in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cambodia	Guyana	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40.13 years	53.52 years	13.4 years	Guyana
1960s	44.16 years	58.88 years	14.72 years	Guyana
1970s	28.3 years	60.34 years	32.05 years	Guyana
1980s	50.9 years	61.36 years	10.47 years	Guyana
1990s	56.59 years	62.9 years	6.31 years	Guyana
2000s	63.44 years	64.74 years	1.3 years	Guyana
2010s	69.04 years	67.54 years	1.5 years	Cambodia
2020s	70.14 years	68.04 years	2.1 years	Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cambodia or Guyana?: Cambodia, at 70.67 years against 70.18 years in Guyana as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cambodia and Guyana?: 0.49 years, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Guyana?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Guyana rank globally for life expectancy?: Cambodia ranks 165th and Guyana ranks 168th 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.