Which has higher life expectancy, Central African Republic or Chad?

Central African Republic, at 57.41 years against 55.07 years in Chad as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Central African Republic and Chad?

2.34 years, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Chad?

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.

Central African Republic vs Chad: Life expectancy

Central African Republic

57.41 years

in 2023

Chad

55.07 years

in 2023

Central African Republic rank

233rd

Chad rank

235th

Life expectancy over time

Central African Republic
Chad

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 57.41 years against 55.07 years in Chad, a difference of 2.34 years.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 233rd and Chad ranks 235th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 5 and Chad in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Chad	Difference	Ahead
1950s	37.25 years	37.09 years	0.1604 years	Central African Republic
1960s	41.99 years	40.05 years	1.93 years	Central African Republic
1970s	47.52 years	42.37 years	5.15 years	Central African Republic
1980s	50.24 years	44.68 years	5.56 years	Central African Republic
1990s	48.31 years	47.1 years	1.21 years	Central African Republic
2000s	44.59 years	48.8 years	4.21 years	Chad
2010s	47.01 years	51.37 years	4.37 years	Chad
2020s	41.78 years	53.95 years	12.18 years	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Central African Republic or Chad?: Central African Republic, at 57.41 years against 55.07 years in Chad as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Central African Republic and Chad?: 2.34 years, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Chad?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Central African Republic and Chad rank globally for life expectancy?: Central African Republic ranks 233rd and Chad ranks 235th 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.