Which has higher life expectancy, Palau or Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome and Principe, at 69.72 years against 69.27 years in Palau as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Palau and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.45 years, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Sao Tome and Principe?

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.

Palau vs Sao Tome and Principe: Life expectancy

Palau

69.27 years

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe

69.72 years

in 2023

Palau rank

176th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

173rd

Life expectancy over time

Palau
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 69.72 years against 69.27 years in Palau, a difference of 0.45 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palau ahead.

Palau ranks 176th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 173rd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Palau	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	53.61 years	39.77 years	13.84 years	Palau
1960s	55.95 years	50.05 years	5.91 years	Palau
1970s	59.71 years	58.16 years	1.56 years	Palau
1980s	62.53 years	59.68 years	2.85 years	Palau
1990s	63.32 years	60.69 years	2.64 years	Palau
2000s	66.12 years	62.52 years	3.6 years	Palau
2010s	68.9 years	65.82 years	3.08 years	Palau
2020s	68.86 years	68.74 years	0.1207 years	Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Palau or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 69.72 years against 69.27 years in Palau as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Palau and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.45 years, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Sao Tome and Principe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Palau and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for life expectancy?: Palau ranks 176th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 173rd 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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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: 27 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.