Which has higher life expectancy, Palau or Yemen?

Yemen, at 69.3 years against 69.27 years in Palau as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Yemen?

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 Yemen: Life expectancy

Palau

69.27 years

in 2023

Yemen

69.3 years

in 2023

Palau rank

176th

Yemen rank

175th

Life expectancy over time

Palau
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 69.3 years against 69.27 years in Palau, a difference of 0.03 years.

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

Palau ranks 176th and Yemen ranks 175th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Palau	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	53.61 years	30.74 years	22.87 years	Palau
1960s	55.95 years	35.61 years	20.35 years	Palau
1970s	59.71 years	45.05 years	14.66 years	Palau
1980s	62.53 years	54.46 years	8.07 years	Palau
1990s	63.32 years	60.29 years	3.04 years	Palau
2000s	66.12 years	65 years	1.11 years	Palau
2010s	68.9 years	67.16 years	1.74 years	Palau
2020s	68.86 years	67.43 years	1.44 years	Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Palau or Yemen?: Yemen, at 69.3 years against 69.27 years in Palau as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Palau and Yemen?: 0.03 years, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Palau and Yemen rank globally for life expectancy?: Palau ranks 176th and Yemen ranks 175th 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.