Which has higher life expectancy, Nauru or Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe, at 62.77 years against 62.11 years in Nauru as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Nauru and Zimbabwe?

0.66 years, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Zimbabwe?

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.

Nauru vs Zimbabwe: Life expectancy

Nauru

62.11 years

in 2023

Zimbabwe

62.77 years

in 2023

Nauru rank

222nd

Zimbabwe rank

219th

Life expectancy over time

Nauru
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 62.77 years against 62.11 years in Nauru, a difference of 0.66 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nauru ahead.

Nauru ranks 222nd and Zimbabwe ranks 219th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 7 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nauru	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	57.34 years	51.22 years	6.12 years	Nauru
1960s	58.25 years	55.59 years	2.66 years	Nauru
1970s	58.32 years	57.27 years	1.05 years	Nauru
1980s	58.65 years	60.13 years	1.48 years	Zimbabwe
1990s	59.73 years	52.01 years	7.73 years	Nauru
2000s	59.5 years	46.73 years	12.77 years	Nauru
2010s	60.81 years	57.71 years	3.09 years	Nauru
2020s	61.72 years	61.7 years	0.0246 years	Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Nauru or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 62.77 years against 62.11 years in Nauru as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Nauru and Zimbabwe?: 0.66 years, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Zimbabwe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nauru and Zimbabwe rank globally for life expectancy?: Nauru ranks 222nd and Zimbabwe ranks 219th 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.