Which has higher life expectancy, Mozambique or Togo?

Mozambique, at 63.61 years against 62.74 years in Togo as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Mozambique and Togo?

0.87 years, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique 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.

Mozambique vs Togo: Life expectancy

Mozambique

63.61 years

in 2023

Togo

62.74 years

in 2023

Mozambique rank

218th

Togo rank

220th

Life expectancy over time

Mozambique
Togo

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 63.61 years against 62.74 years in Togo, a difference of 0.87 years.

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

Mozambique ranks 218th and Togo ranks 220th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 1 and Togo in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Togo	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39.08 years	42.58 years	3.5 years	Togo
1960s	41.8 years	44.83 years	3.03 years	Togo
1970s	43.3 years	48.96 years	5.65 years	Togo
1980s	41.63 years	53.95 years	12.32 years	Togo
1990s	46.44 years	54.01 years	7.57 years	Togo
2000s	52.04 years	55.73 years	3.69 years	Togo
2010s	58.28 years	59.06 years	0.7771 years	Togo
2020s	62.07 years	61.87 years	0.2004 years	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Mozambique or Togo?: Mozambique, at 63.61 years against 62.74 years in Togo as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Mozambique and Togo?: 0.87 years, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Togo?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mozambique and Togo rank globally for life expectancy?: Mozambique ranks 218th 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.