Iraq vs Vanuatu: Life expectancy at birth, female

Iraq

74.18 years

in 2024

Vanuatu

74.11 years

in 2024

Iraq rank

138th

Vanuatu rank

141st

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Iraq
Vanuatu

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 74.18 years against 74.11 years in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.071 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iraq ahead.

Globally, Iraq ranks 138th and Vanuatu ranks 141st of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Iraq
Life expectancy at birth, female in Vanuatu
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.