What is the difference in male life expectancy at birth between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay?

0.23 years, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Male life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Uruguay: Male life expectancy at birth

Bosnia and Herzegovina

74.42 years

in 2023

Uruguay

74.19 years

in 2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

90th

Uruguay rank

93rd

Male life expectancy at birth over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Uruguay

How they compare

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently reports 74.42 years against 74.19 years in Uruguay, a difference of 0.23 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 90th and Uruguay ranks 93rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	50.41 years	63.74 years	13.34 years	Uruguay
1960s	59.56 years	65.15 years	5.6 years	Uruguay
1970s	64.31 years	66.32 years	2.01 years	Uruguay
1980s	66.99 years	68.12 years	1.13 years	Uruguay
1990s	62.6 years	69.59 years	7 years	Uruguay
2000s	72.28 years	71.61 years	0.6646 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s	73.59 years	73.2 years	0.39 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s	72.76 years	73.16 years	0.3957 years	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher male life expectancy at birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Uruguay?: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 74.42 years against 74.19 years in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in male life expectancy at birth between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay?: 0.23 years, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay rank globally for male life expectancy at birth?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 90th and Uruguay ranks 93rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Male life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Male life expectancy at birth
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.