Which has higher life expectancy, Mauritius or Vietnam?

Mauritius, at 74.93 years against 74.59 years in Vietnam as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Mauritius and Vietnam?

0.34 years, with Mauritius ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Vietnam?

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.

Mauritius vs Vietnam: Life expectancy

Mauritius

74.93 years

in 2023

Vietnam

74.59 years

in 2023

Mauritius rank

123rd

Vietnam rank

125th

Life expectancy over time

Mauritius
Vietnam

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 74.93 years against 74.59 years in Vietnam, a difference of 0.34 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritius ahead.

Mauritius ranks 123rd and Vietnam ranks 125th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 5 and Vietnam in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritius	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
1950s	53.85 years	52.88 years	0.9745 years	Mauritius
1960s	61.18 years	56.72 years	4.46 years	Mauritius
1970s	64.43 years	59.2 years	5.23 years	Mauritius
1980s	68.45 years	67.09 years	1.36 years	Mauritius
1990s	70.49 years	70.7 years	0.2071 years	Vietnam
2000s	72.53 years	73.2 years	0.6674 years	Vietnam
2010s	74.43 years	73.91 years	0.5239 years	Mauritius
2020s	74.01 years	74.65 years	0.647 years	Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Mauritius or Vietnam?: Mauritius, at 74.93 years against 74.59 years in Vietnam as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Mauritius and Vietnam?: 0.34 years, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Vietnam?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritius and Vietnam rank globally for life expectancy?: Mauritius ranks 123rd and Vietnam ranks 125th 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.