Which has higher life expectancy, Ethiopia or Tanzania?

Ethiopia, at 67.31 years against 67 years in Tanzania as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Ethiopia and Tanzania?

0.31 years, with Ethiopia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Tanzania?

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.

Ethiopia vs Tanzania: Life expectancy

Ethiopia

67.31 years

in 2023

Tanzania

67 years

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

191st

Tanzania rank

194th

Life expectancy over time

Ethiopia
Tanzania

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 67.31 years against 67 years in Tanzania, a difference of 0.31 years.

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

Ethiopia ranks 191st and Tanzania ranks 194th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	36.02 years	41.75 years	5.73 years	Tanzania
1960s	40.95 years	44.27 years	3.32 years	Tanzania
1970s	41.11 years	48.67 years	7.56 years	Tanzania
1980s	41.57 years	52.02 years	10.45 years	Tanzania
1990s	48 years	51.51 years	3.51 years	Tanzania
2000s	54.38 years	57.09 years	2.71 years	Tanzania
2010s	63.04 years	63.6 years	0.5618 years	Tanzania
2020s	66.38 years	66.69 years	0.3162 years	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Ethiopia or Tanzania?: Ethiopia, at 67.31 years against 67 years in Tanzania as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Ethiopia and Tanzania?: 0.31 years, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Tanzania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ethiopia and Tanzania rank globally for life expectancy?: Ethiopia ranks 191st and Tanzania ranks 194th 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.