Which has higher life expectancy, Eritrea or Laos?

Laos, at 68.96 years against 68.62 years in Eritrea as of 2023.

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

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 Laos: Life expectancy

Eritrea

68.62 years

in 2023

Laos

68.96 years

in 2023

Eritrea rank

180th

Laos rank

178th

Life expectancy over time

Eritrea
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 68.96 years against 68.62 years in Eritrea, a difference of 0.34 years.

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

Eritrea ranks 180th and Laos ranks 178th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1950s	33.92 years	40.09 years	6.17 years	Laos
1960s	39.04 years	42.21 years	3.18 years	Laos
1970s	41.53 years	45.58 years	4.05 years	Laos
1980s	43.07 years	51.22 years	8.15 years	Laos
1990s	52.09 years	56.11 years	4.02 years	Laos
2000s	60.28 years	60.5 years	0.2147 years	Laos
2010s	65.62 years	66.19 years	0.5783 years	Laos
2020s	67.58 years	68.46 years	0.873 years	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Eritrea or Laos?: Laos, at 68.96 years against 68.62 years in Eritrea as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Eritrea and Laos?: 0.34 years, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Laos?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Laos rank globally for life expectancy?: Eritrea ranks 180th and Laos ranks 178th 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.