Which has higher life expectancy, Eritrea or Mauritania?

Eritrea, at 68.62 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania as of 2023.

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

0.14 years, with Eritrea ahead.

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

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 Mauritania: Life expectancy

Eritrea

68.62 years

in 2023

Mauritania

68.48 years

in 2023

Eritrea rank

180th

Mauritania rank

182nd

Life expectancy over time

Eritrea
Mauritania

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 68.62 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.

Eritrea ranks 180th and Mauritania ranks 182nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	33.92 years	40.48 years	6.56 years	Mauritania
1960s	39.04 years	46.93 years	7.9 years	Mauritania
1970s	41.53 years	51.54 years	10.01 years	Mauritania
1980s	43.07 years	55.52 years	12.44 years	Mauritania
1990s	52.09 years	59 years	6.91 years	Mauritania
2000s	60.28 years	63.51 years	3.23 years	Mauritania
2010s	65.62 years	66.48 years	0.8627 years	Mauritania
2020s	67.58 years	67.58 years	0.0031 years	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Eritrea or Mauritania?: Eritrea, at 68.62 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Eritrea and Mauritania?: 0.14 years, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Mauritania rank globally for life expectancy?: Eritrea ranks 180th and Mauritania ranks 182nd 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.