Papua New Guinea vs South Africa: Life expectancy
Papua New Guinea
66.13 years
in 2023
South Africa
66.14 years
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
202nd
South Africa rank
201st
Life expectancy over time
- Papua New Guinea
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 66.14 years against 66.13 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0047 years.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Africa ahead.
Globally, Papua New Guinea ranks 202nd and South Africa ranks 201st of 236 countries.
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About this data
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.