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

Sao Tome and Principe, at 69.72 years against 69.3 years in Yemen as of 2023.

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

0.42 years, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

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

Sao Tome and Principe vs Yemen: Life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

69.72 years

in 2023

Yemen

69.3 years

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe rank

173rd

Yemen rank

175th

Life expectancy over time

Sao Tome and Principe
Yemen

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 69.72 years against 69.3 years in Yemen, a difference of 0.42 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 173rd and Yemen ranks 175th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 6 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sao Tome and Principe	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39.77 years	30.74 years	9.03 years	Sao Tome and Principe
1960s	50.05 years	35.61 years	14.44 years	Sao Tome and Principe
1970s	58.16 years	45.05 years	13.1 years	Sao Tome and Principe
1980s	59.68 years	54.46 years	5.23 years	Sao Tome and Principe
1990s	60.69 years	60.29 years	0.3999 years	Sao Tome and Principe
2000s	62.52 years	65 years	2.49 years	Yemen
2010s	65.82 years	67.16 years	1.34 years	Yemen
2020s	68.74 years	67.43 years	1.31 years	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Sao Tome and Principe or Yemen?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 69.72 years against 69.3 years in Yemen as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Sao Tome and Principe and Yemen?: 0.42 years, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sao Tome and Principe and Yemen rank globally for life expectancy?: Sao Tome and Principe ranks 173rd 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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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.