Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 78.81 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
78.81 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
66th
of 236 countries
All-time high
78.81 years
in 2023
All-time low
58.21 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Northern Mariana 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

The most recent figure for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Northern Mariana Islands is 78.81 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 78.81 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.21 years, in 1950.

That places Northern Mariana Islands 66th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Northern Mariana Islands, year by year

Annual values for Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Northern Mariana Islands, 1950 to 2023.
Year years Change
1950 58.21 years
1951 58.54 years +0.6%
1952 58.83 years +0.5%
1953 59.15 years +0.5%
1954 59.46 years +0.5%
1955 59.77 years +0.5%
1956 60.07 years +0.5%
1957 60.39 years +0.5%
1958 60.73 years +0.6%
1959 61.05 years +0.5%
1960 61.39 years +0.6%
1961 61.67 years +0.5%
1962 61.97 years +0.5%
1963 62.31 years +0.5%
1964 62.59 years +0.5%
1965 62.96 years +0.6%
1966 63.33 years +0.6%
1967 63.71 years +0.6%
1968 64.08 years +0.6%
1969 64.47 years +0.6%
1970 64.83 years +0.6%
1971 65.2 years +0.6%
1972 65.56 years +0.6%
1973 65.99 years +0.7%
1974 66.43 years +0.7%
1975 66.85 years +0.6%
1976 67.28 years +0.6%
1977 67.65 years +0.6%
1978 67.9 years +0.4%
1979 68.12 years +0.3%
1980 68.3 years +0.3%
1981 68.48 years +0.3%
1982 68.69 years +0.3%
1983 68.86 years +0.2%
1984 69.06 years +0.3%
1985 69.23 years +0.2%
1986 69.36 years +0.2%
1987 69.48 years +0.2%
1988 69.61 years +0.2%
1989 69.78 years +0.2%
1990 70.04 years +0.4%
1991 70.36 years +0.5%
1992 70.76 years +0.6%
1993 71.16 years +0.6%
1994 71.53 years +0.5%
1995 71.94 years +0.6%
1996 72.44 years +0.7%
1997 72.95 years +0.7%
1998 73.57 years +0.9%
1999 74.26 years +0.9%
2000 74.9 years +0.9%
2001 75.42 years +0.7%
2002 75.93 years +0.7%
2003 76.51 years +0.8%
2004 76.79 years +0.4%
2005 77.31 years +0.7%
2006 77.69 years +0.5%
2007 77.86 years +0.2%
2008 77.94 years +0.1%
2009 77.9 years -0.0%
2010 77.8 years -0.1%
2011 77.69 years -0.1%
2012 77.57 years -0.2%
2013 77.45 years -0.1%
2014 77.38 years -0.1%
2015 77.36 years -0.0%
2016 77.39 years +0.0%
2017 77.47 years +0.1%
2018 77.51 years +0.1%
2019 77.84 years +0.4%
2020 78.03 years +0.2%
2021 78.16 years +0.2%
2022 78.53 years +0.5%
2023 78.81 years +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 59.62 years 58.21 years 61.05 years 10
1960s 62.85 years 61.39 years 64.47 years 10
1970s 66.58 years 64.83 years 68.12 years 10
1980s 69.09 years 68.3 years 69.78 years 10
1990s 71.9 years 70.04 years 74.26 years 10
2000s 76.82 years 74.9 years 77.94 years 10
2010s 77.55 years 77.36 years 77.84 years 10
2020s 78.38 years 78.03 years 78.81 years 4

Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands

  1. 63 United States 79.3 years compare
  2. 64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
  3. 65 Estonia 79.15 years compare
  4. 67 New Caledonia 78.77 years compare
  5. 68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years compare
  6. 69 Poland 78.63 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Northern Mariana Islands?
Life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Northern Mariana Islands was 78.81 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 Northern Mariana Islands?
The highest recorded value was 78.81 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 58.21 years in 1950.
How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 66th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern Mariana 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
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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.