Which has higher life expectancy, Indonesia or Moldova?

Moldova, at 71.2 years against 71.15 years in Indonesia as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Indonesia and Moldova?

0.05 years, with Moldova ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Moldova?

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.

Indonesia vs Moldova: Life expectancy

Indonesia

71.15 years

in 2023

Moldova

71.2 years

in 2023

Indonesia rank

163rd

Moldova rank

162nd

Life expectancy over time

Indonesia
Moldova

How they compare

Moldova currently reports 71.2 years against 71.15 years in Indonesia, a difference of 0.05 years.

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

Indonesia ranks 163rd and Moldova ranks 162nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Indonesia	Moldova	Difference	Ahead
1950s	43.22 years	56.54 years	13.32 years	Moldova
1960s	48.75 years	60.99 years	12.24 years	Moldova
1970s	55.71 years	63.58 years	7.87 years	Moldova
1980s	60.92 years	66.78 years	5.86 years	Moldova
1990s	64.95 years	66.82 years	1.87 years	Moldova
2000s	67.19 years	68.25 years	1.06 years	Moldova
2010s	69.38 years	70.2 years	0.8168 years	Moldova
2020s	69.58 years	70.41 years	0.8277 years	Moldova

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Indonesia or Moldova?: Moldova, at 71.2 years against 71.15 years in Indonesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Indonesia and Moldova?: 0.05 years, with Moldova ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Moldova?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Indonesia and Moldova rank globally for life expectancy?: Indonesia ranks 163rd and Moldova ranks 162nd 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.