Which has higher life expectancy, Guam or Turkey?

Guam, at 77.21 years against 77.16 years in Turkey as of 2023.

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

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 Turkey: Life expectancy

Guam

77.21 years

in 2023

Turkey

77.16 years

in 2023

Guam rank

90th

Turkey rank

91st

Life expectancy over time

Guam
Turkey

How they compare

Guam currently reports 77.21 years against 77.16 years in Turkey, a difference of 0.05 years.

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

Guam ranks 90th and Turkey ranks 91st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guam	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1950s	61.05 years	48.71 years	12.33 years	Guam
1960s	64.2 years	53.71 years	10.49 years	Guam
1970s	67.78 years	59.35 years	8.43 years	Guam
1980s	72.51 years	65.06 years	7.44 years	Guam
1990s	74.23 years	69.57 years	4.67 years	Guam
2000s	75.93 years	73.34 years	2.58 years	Guam
2010s	76.38 years	76.33 years	0.0508 years	Guam
2020s	76.32 years	76.75 years	0.4303 years	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Guam or Turkey?: Guam, at 77.21 years against 77.16 years in Turkey as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Guam and Turkey?: 0.05 years, with Guam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Turkey?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guam and Turkey rank globally for life expectancy?: Guam ranks 90th and Turkey ranks 91st 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.