Which has higher life expectancy, Guyana or Niue?

Guyana, at 70.18 years against 69.98 years in Niue as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Niue?

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.

Guyana vs Niue: Life expectancy

Guyana

70.18 years

in 2023

Niue

69.98 years

in 2023

Guyana rank

168th

Niue rank

171st

Life expectancy over time

Guyana
Niue

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 70.18 years against 69.98 years in Niue, a difference of 0.2 years.

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

Guyana ranks 168th and Niue ranks 171st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Niue	Difference	Ahead
1950s	53.52 years	56.55 years	3.03 years	Niue
1960s	58.88 years	61.76 years	2.87 years	Niue
1970s	60.34 years	65.94 years	5.59 years	Niue
1980s	61.36 years	67.82 years	6.46 years	Niue
1990s	62.9 years	66.46 years	3.57 years	Niue
2000s	64.74 years	66.83 years	2.09 years	Niue
2010s	67.54 years	68.49 years	0.9548 years	Niue
2020s	68.04 years	69.71 years	1.67 years	Niue

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Guyana or Niue?: Guyana, at 70.18 years against 69.98 years in Niue as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Guyana and Niue?: 0.2 years, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Niue?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guyana and Niue rank globally for life expectancy?: Guyana ranks 168th and Niue ranks 171st 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.