Which has higher life expectancy, Laos or Yemen?

Yemen, at 69.3 against 68.96 in Laos as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Yemen?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Laos

68.96

in 2023

Yemen

69.3

in 2023

Laos rank

178th

Yemen rank

175th

Yemen currently reports 69.3 against 68.96 in Laos, a difference of 0.34.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 178th and Yemen ranks 175th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 4.

Decade	Laos	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40.09	30.74	9.36	Laos
1960s	42.21	35.61	6.61	Laos
1970s	45.58	45.05	0.5255	Laos
1980s	51.22	54.46	3.24	Yemen
1990s	56.11	60.29	4.18	Yemen
2000s	60.5	65	4.51	Yemen
2010s	66.19	67.16	0.9692	Yemen
2020s	68.46	67.43	1.03	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher life expectancy, Laos or Yemen?: Yemen, at 69.3 against 68.96 in Laos as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Laos and Yemen?: 0.34, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Laos and Yemen rank globally for life expectancy?: Laos ranks 178th and Yemen ranks 175th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.