Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 66.95 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
66.95 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
195th
of 236 countries
All-time high
66.95 years
in 2023
All-time low
52.61 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Marshall Islands, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Marshall Islands stood at 66.95 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Marshall Islands peaked at 66.95 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52.61 years, in 1950.

That places Marshall Islands 195th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 53.08 years 52.61 years 53.97 years 10
1960s 56.48 years 54.36 years 58.5 years 10
1970s 60.02 years 58.8 years 60.84 years 10
1980s 61.53 years 60.99 years 61.81 years 10
1990s 62.48 years 61.76 years 63.42 years 10
2000s 64.02 years 63.32 years 64.39 years 10
2010s 65.23 years 64.5 years 66.05 years 10
2020s 66.12 years 65.39 years 66.95 years 4

Countries ranked near Marshall Islands

  1. 192 Micronesia (country) 67.2 years compare
  2. 193 Tuvalu 67.1 years compare
  3. 194 Tanzania 67 years compare
  4. 196 Myanmar 66.89 years compare
  5. 197 Comoros 66.78 years compare
  6. 198 Kiribati 66.47 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Marshall Islands?
Life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Marshall Islands was 66.95 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Marshall Islands?
The highest recorded value was 66.95 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Marshall Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 52.61 years in 1950.
How does Marshall Islands rank for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
Marshall Islands ranks 195th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Marshall Islands data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
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.