Which has higher life expectancy, Guyana or Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands, at 70.53 years against 70.18 years in Guyana as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Guyana and Solomon Islands?

0.35 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.

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

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 Solomon Islands: Life expectancy

Guyana

70.18 years

in 2023

Solomon Islands

70.53 years

in 2023

Guyana rank

168th

Solomon Islands rank

166th

Life expectancy over time

Guyana
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 70.53 years against 70.18 years in Guyana, a difference of 0.35 years.

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

Guyana ranks 168th and Solomon Islands ranks 166th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 3 and Solomon Islands in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	53.52 years	43.91 years	9.61 years	Guyana
1960s	58.88 years	51.14 years	7.74 years	Guyana
1970s	60.34 years	59.61 years	0.7307 years	Guyana
1980s	61.36 years	64.96 years	3.6 years	Solomon Islands
1990s	62.9 years	66.64 years	3.74 years	Solomon Islands
2000s	64.74 years	67.71 years	2.97 years	Solomon Islands
2010s	67.54 years	69.27 years	1.73 years	Solomon Islands
2020s	68.04 years	69.77 years	1.74 years	Solomon Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Guyana or Solomon Islands?: Solomon Islands, at 70.53 years against 70.18 years in Guyana as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Guyana and Solomon Islands?: 0.35 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Solomon Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guyana and Solomon Islands rank globally for life expectancy?: Guyana ranks 168th and Solomon Islands ranks 166th 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.