Which has higher life expectancy, Mauritania or Senegal?

Senegal, at 68.68 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?

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.

Mauritania vs Senegal: Life expectancy

Mauritania

68.48 years

in 2023

Senegal

68.68 years

in 2023

Mauritania rank

182nd

Senegal rank

179th

Life expectancy over time

Mauritania
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 68.68 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.2 years.

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

Mauritania ranks 182nd and Senegal ranks 179th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 7 and Senegal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40.48 years	38.22 years	2.26 years	Mauritania
1960s	46.93 years	39.88 years	7.05 years	Mauritania
1970s	51.54 years	43.79 years	7.76 years	Mauritania
1980s	55.52 years	52.24 years	3.27 years	Mauritania
1990s	59 years	57.18 years	1.82 years	Mauritania
2000s	63.51 years	60.69 years	2.83 years	Mauritania
2010s	66.48 years	66.12 years	0.362 years	Mauritania
2020s	67.58 years	67.71 years	0.1289 years	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Mauritania or Senegal?: Senegal, at 68.68 years against 68.48 years in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Mauritania and Senegal?: 0.2 years, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Senegal rank globally for life expectancy?: Mauritania ranks 182nd and Senegal ranks 179th 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.