Which has higher life expectancy, Egypt or Samoa?

Samoa, at 71.7 years against 71.63 years in Egypt as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Samoa?

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.

Egypt vs Samoa: Life expectancy

Egypt

71.63 years

in 2023

Samoa

71.7 years

in 2023

Egypt rank

157th

Samoa rank

155th

Life expectancy over time

Egypt
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 71.7 years against 71.63 years in Egypt, a difference of 0.07 years.

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

Egypt ranks 157th and Samoa ranks 155th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39.25 years	51.89 years	12.64 years	Samoa
1960s	47 years	57.24 years	10.24 years	Samoa
1970s	51.6 years	62.54 years	10.94 years	Samoa
1980s	58.95 years	66.35 years	7.4 years	Samoa
1990s	64.88 years	69.25 years	4.37 years	Samoa
2000s	68.22 years	71.17 years	2.95 years	Samoa
2010s	70.08 years	71.07 years	0.9965 years	Samoa
2020s	70.35 years	71.27 years	0.9155 years	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Egypt or Samoa?: Samoa, at 71.7 years against 71.63 years in Egypt as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Egypt and Samoa?: 0.07 years, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Samoa?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Samoa rank globally for life expectancy?: Egypt ranks 157th and Samoa ranks 155th 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.