Botswana vs Yemen: Life expectancy at birth, female

Botswana
71.85 years
in 2024
Yemen
71.55 years
in 2024
Botswana rank
156th
Yemen rank
157th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

  • Botswana
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 71.85 years against 71.55 years in Yemen, a difference of 0.302 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 156th and Yemen ranks 157th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.