Which has higher life expectancy, East Timor or Uganda?

Uganda, at 68.25 years against 67.69 years in East Timor as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Uganda?

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.

East Timor vs Uganda: Life expectancy

East Timor

67.69 years

in 2023

Uganda

68.25 years

in 2023

East Timor rank

186th

Uganda rank

184th

Life expectancy over time

East Timor
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 68.25 years against 67.69 years in East Timor, a difference of 0.56 years.

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

East Timor ranks 186th and Uganda ranks 184th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	30.55 years	42.22 years	11.67 years	Uganda
1960s	34.48 years	47.85 years	13.37 years	Uganda
1970s	31.13 years	46.73 years	15.6 years	Uganda
1980s	34.68 years	45.09 years	10.41 years	Uganda
1990s	46.99 years	47.89 years	0.8949 years	Uganda
2000s	60.89 years	54.35 years	6.54 years	East Timor
2010s	65.13 years	63.34 years	1.8 years	East Timor
2020s	67.04 years	67.2 years	0.1526 years	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, East Timor or Uganda?: Uganda, at 68.25 years against 67.69 years in East Timor as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between East Timor and Uganda?: 0.56 years, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do East Timor and Uganda rank globally for life expectancy?: East Timor ranks 186th and Uganda ranks 184th 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.