Samoa vs Tajikistan: Life expectancy

Samoa
71.7 years
in 2023
Tajikistan
71.79 years
in 2023
Samoa rank
155th
Tajikistan rank
153rd

Life expectancy over time

  • Samoa
  • Tajikistan
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How they compare

Tajikistan currently reports 71.79 years against 71.7 years in Samoa, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tajikistan ahead.

Samoa ranks 155th and Tajikistan ranks 153rd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Tajikistan Difference Ahead
1950s 51.89 years 50.7 years 1.19 years Samoa
1960s 57.24 years 54.43 years 2.81 years Samoa
1970s 62.54 years 57.68 years 4.86 years Samoa
1980s 66.35 years 60.67 years 5.69 years Samoa
1990s 69.25 years 60.56 years 8.69 years Samoa
2000s 71.17 years 66.22 years 4.95 years Samoa
2010s 71.07 years 69.73 years 1.34 years Samoa
2020s 71.27 years 70.39 years 0.8798 years Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Samoa or Tajikistan?
Tajikistan, at 71.79 years against 71.7 years in Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Samoa and Tajikistan?
0.09 years, with Tajikistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tajikistan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Samoa and Tajikistan rank globally for life expectancy?
Samoa ranks 155th and Tajikistan ranks 153rd 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

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.