Samoa vs Vanuatu: Life expectancy at birth, total

Samoa
71.83 years
in 2024
Vanuatu
71.65 years
in 2024
Samoa rank
137th
Vanuatu rank
139th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Samoa
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 71.83 years against 71.65 years in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.172 years.

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

Globally, Samoa ranks 137th and Vanuatu ranks 139th 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.