Which has higher life expectancy, Cambodia or Moldova?

Moldova, at 71.2 years against 70.67 years in Cambodia as of 2023.

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

0.53 years, with Moldova ahead.

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

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 Moldova: Life expectancy

Cambodia

70.67 years

in 2023

Moldova

71.2 years

in 2023

Cambodia rank

165th

Moldova rank

162nd

Life expectancy over time

Cambodia
Moldova

How they compare

Moldova currently reports 71.2 years against 70.67 years in Cambodia, a difference of 0.53 years.

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

Cambodia ranks 165th and Moldova ranks 162nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cambodia	Moldova	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40.13 years	56.54 years	16.42 years	Moldova
1960s	44.16 years	60.99 years	16.83 years	Moldova
1970s	28.3 years	63.58 years	35.29 years	Moldova
1980s	50.9 years	66.78 years	15.88 years	Moldova
1990s	56.59 years	66.82 years	10.23 years	Moldova
2000s	63.44 years	68.25 years	4.82 years	Moldova
2010s	69.04 years	70.2 years	1.16 years	Moldova
2020s	70.14 years	70.41 years	0.2735 years	Moldova

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cambodia or Moldova?: Moldova, at 71.2 years against 70.67 years in Cambodia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cambodia and Moldova?: 0.53 years, with Moldova ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Moldova?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Moldova rank globally for life expectancy?: Cambodia ranks 165th and Moldova ranks 162nd 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.