Which has higher life expectancy, Eritrea or Gabon?

Eritrea, at 68.62 years against 68.34 years in Gabon as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Eritrea and Gabon?

0.28 years, with Eritrea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Gabon?

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.

Eritrea vs Gabon: Life expectancy

Eritrea

68.62 years

in 2023

Gabon

68.34 years

in 2023

Eritrea rank

180th

Gabon rank

183rd

Life expectancy over time

Eritrea
Gabon

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 68.62 years against 68.34 years in Gabon, a difference of 0.28 years.

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

Eritrea ranks 180th and Gabon ranks 183rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Gabon in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1950s	33.92 years	42.54 years	8.62 years	Gabon
1960s	39.04 years	49.34 years	10.3 years	Gabon
1970s	41.53 years	55.13 years	13.6 years	Gabon
1980s	43.07 years	59.4 years	16.33 years	Gabon
1990s	52.09 years	61.2 years	9.12 years	Gabon
2000s	60.28 years	62.94 years	2.65 years	Gabon
2010s	65.62 years	66.12 years	0.5028 years	Gabon
2020s	67.58 years	67.55 years	0.0348 years	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Eritrea or Gabon?: Eritrea, at 68.62 years against 68.34 years in Gabon as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Eritrea and Gabon?: 0.28 years, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Gabon?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Gabon rank globally for life expectancy?: Eritrea ranks 180th and Gabon ranks 183rd 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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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: 17 September 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.