Which has higher life expectancy, Gabon or Mauritania?

Mauritania, at 68.48 years against 68.34 years in Gabon as of 2023.

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

0.14 years, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon 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.

Gabon vs Mauritania: Life expectancy

Gabon

68.34 years

in 2023

Mauritania

68.48 years

in 2023

Gabon rank

183rd

Mauritania rank

182nd

Life expectancy over time

Gabon
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 68.48 years against 68.34 years in Gabon, a difference of 0.14 years.

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

Gabon ranks 183rd and Mauritania ranks 182nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 5 and Mauritania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	42.54 years	40.48 years	2.06 years	Gabon
1960s	49.34 years	46.93 years	2.41 years	Gabon
1970s	55.13 years	51.54 years	3.59 years	Gabon
1980s	59.4 years	55.52 years	3.88 years	Gabon
1990s	61.2 years	59 years	2.21 years	Gabon
2000s	62.94 years	63.51 years	0.5791 years	Mauritania
2010s	66.12 years	66.48 years	0.3599 years	Mauritania
2020s	67.55 years	67.58 years	0.0317 years	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Gabon or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 68.48 years against 68.34 years in Gabon as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Gabon and Mauritania?: 0.14 years, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gabon and Mauritania rank globally for life expectancy?: Gabon ranks 183rd 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.