Papua New Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Female life expectancy at birth

Papua New Guinea
69.08 years
in 2023
Timor-Leste
69.44 years
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
200th
Timor-Leste rank
197th

Female life expectancy at birth over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Timor-Leste
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How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 69.44 years against 69.08 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.36 years.

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

Papua New Guinea ranks 200th and Timor-Leste ranks 197th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 7 and Timor-Leste in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Timor-Leste Difference Ahead
1950s 44.31 years 32.01 years 12.3 years Papua New Guinea
1960s 51 years 35.96 years 15.04 years Papua New Guinea
1970s 57.18 years 34.86 years 22.32 years Papua New Guinea
1980s 61.29 years 42.23 years 19.06 years Papua New Guinea
1990s 63.07 years 48.77 years 14.31 years Papua New Guinea
2000s 64.18 years 62.51 years 1.67 years Papua New Guinea
2010s 67.15 years 66.85 years 0.2989 years Papua New Guinea
2020s 68.3 years 68.85 years 0.5528 years Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher female life expectancy at birth, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste?
Timor-Leste, at 69.44 years against 69.08 years in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in female life expectancy at birth between Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
0.36 years, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for female life expectancy at birth?
Papua New Guinea ranks 200th and Timor-Leste ranks 197th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Female life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Female 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

Period life expectancy at birth.