Which has higher life expectancy, Guam or Tokelau?

Guam, at 77.21 years against 77.05 years in Tokelau as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Tokelau?

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.

Guam vs Tokelau: Life expectancy

Guam

77.21 years

in 2023

Tokelau

77.05 years

in 2023

Guam rank

90th

Tokelau rank

93rd

Life expectancy over time

Guam
Tokelau

How they compare

Guam currently reports 77.21 years against 77.05 years in Tokelau, a difference of 0.16 years.

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

Guam ranks 90th and Tokelau ranks 93rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guam averaged higher in 7 and Tokelau in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guam	Tokelau	Difference	Ahead
1950s	61.05 years	56.42 years	4.63 years	Guam
1960s	64.2 years	60.31 years	3.89 years	Guam
1970s	67.78 years	63.43 years	4.35 years	Guam
1980s	72.51 years	67.1 years	5.41 years	Guam
1990s	74.23 years	70.9 years	3.33 years	Guam
2000s	75.93 years	73.23 years	2.7 years	Guam
2010s	76.38 years	75.54 years	0.842 years	Guam
2020s	76.32 years	76.82 years	0.5012 years	Tokelau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Guam or Tokelau?: Guam, at 77.21 years against 77.05 years in Tokelau as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Guam and Tokelau?: 0.16 years, with Guam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Tokelau?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guam and Tokelau rank globally for life expectancy?: Guam ranks 90th and Tokelau ranks 93rd 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.