Botswana vs Yemen: Life expectancy at birth, total

Botswana
69.29 years
in 2024
Yemen
69.44 years
in 2024
Botswana rank
156th
Yemen rank
154th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Botswana
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 69.44 years against 69.29 years in Botswana, a difference of 0.146 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 156th and Yemen ranks 154th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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.