What is life expectancy in Cambodia?

Life expectancy in Cambodia was 70.67 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Cambodia?

The highest recorded value was 70.67 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cambodia?

The lowest recorded value was 11.3 years in 1977.

How does Cambodia rank for life expectancy?

Cambodia ranks 165th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cambodia?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Cambodia data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Cambodia

Name: Life expectancy in Cambodia
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Cambodia: Life expectancy was 70.67 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

70.67 years

Change on year

up 0.2%

World rank

165th

of 236 countries

All-time high

70.67 years

in 2023

All-time low

11.3 years

in 1977

Years of data

1945–2023

Life expectancy in Cambodia, 1945–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Cambodia stood at 70.67 years. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Cambodia peaked at 70.67 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.3 years, in 1977.

Cambodia ranks 165th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1940s	35 years	35 years	35 years	1
1950s	40.13 years	38.86 years	41.65 years	10
1960s	44.16 years	42.13 years	45.94 years	10
1970s	28.3 years	11.3 years	41.07 years	10
1980s	50.9 years	47.5 years	54.77 years	10
1990s	56.59 years	55.2 years	58.61 years	10
2000s	63.44 years	59.49 years	66.75 years	10
2010s	69.04 years	67.31 years	70.13 years	10
2020s	70.14 years	69.3 years	70.67 years	4

Countries ranked near Cambodia

162 Moldova 71.2 years compare
163 Indonesia 71.15 years compare
164 Dominica 71.13 years compare
166 Solomon Islands 70.53 years compare
167 Nepal 70.35 years compare
168 Guyana 70.18 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Cambodia

Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 173,064 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 168,330 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 162,474 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 168,447 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 162,838 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 170,325 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 164,524 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 169,451 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.14 million (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 6.4% (2025)

All data for Cambodia →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Cambodia?: Life expectancy in Cambodia was 70.67 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Cambodia?: The highest recorded value was 70.67 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cambodia?: The lowest recorded value was 11.3 years in 1977.
How does Cambodia rank for life expectancy?: Cambodia ranks 165th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cambodia?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cambodia data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.