Which has higher life expectancy, Liberia or Togo?

Togo, at 62.74 years against 62.16 years in Liberia as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Togo?

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.

Liberia vs Togo: Life expectancy

Liberia

62.16 years

in 2023

Togo

62.74 years

in 2023

Liberia rank

221st

Togo rank

220th

Life expectancy over time

Liberia
Togo

How they compare

Togo currently reports 62.74 years against 62.16 years in Liberia, a difference of 0.58 years.

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

Liberia ranks 221st and Togo ranks 220th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 2 and Togo in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	Togo	Difference	Ahead
1950s	38.06 years	42.58 years	4.52 years	Togo
1960s	38.76 years	44.83 years	6.07 years	Togo
1970s	42.2 years	48.96 years	6.76 years	Togo
1980s	44.29 years	53.95 years	9.66 years	Togo
1990s	44.8 years	54.01 years	9.2 years	Togo
2000s	55.82 years	55.73 years	0.0939 years	Liberia
2010s	60.06 years	59.06 years	1 years	Liberia
2020s	61.63 years	61.87 years	0.2375 years	Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Liberia or Togo?: Togo, at 62.74 years against 62.16 years in Liberia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Liberia and Togo?: 0.58 years, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Togo?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Liberia and Togo rank globally for life expectancy?: Liberia ranks 221st and Togo ranks 220th 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.