Which has higher life expectancy, Nepal or Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands, at 70.53 years against 70.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Nepal and Solomon Islands?

0.18 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Solomon Islands?

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.

Nepal vs Solomon Islands: Life expectancy

Nepal

70.35 years

in 2023

Solomon Islands

70.53 years

in 2023

Nepal rank

167th

Solomon Islands rank

166th

Life expectancy over time

Nepal
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 70.53 years against 70.35 years in Nepal, a difference of 0.18 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Solomon Islands has been ahead every year.

Nepal ranks 167th and Solomon Islands ranks 166th of 236 countries.

Solomon Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	37.86 years	43.91 years	6.05 years	Solomon Islands
1960s	40.53 years	51.14 years	10.61 years	Solomon Islands
1970s	45.33 years	59.61 years	14.28 years	Solomon Islands
1980s	50.81 years	64.96 years	14.15 years	Solomon Islands
1990s	58.71 years	66.64 years	7.93 years	Solomon Islands
2000s	64.88 years	67.71 years	2.84 years	Solomon Islands
2010s	67.96 years	69.27 years	1.31 years	Solomon Islands
2020s	69.48 years	69.77 years	0.2882 years	Solomon Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Nepal or Solomon Islands?: Solomon Islands, at 70.53 years against 70.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Nepal and Solomon Islands?: 0.18 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Solomon Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nepal and Solomon Islands rank globally for life expectancy?: Nepal ranks 167th and Solomon Islands ranks 166th 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.