What is life expectancy in Mayotte?

Life expectancy in Mayotte was 76.05 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 Mayotte?

The highest recorded value was 78.25 years in 2010.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Mayotte?

The lowest recorded value was 42.25 years in 1950.

How does Mayotte rank for life expectancy?

Mayotte ranks 110th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Mayotte?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Mayotte 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 Mayotte

Name: Life expectancy in Mayotte
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)

Mayotte: Life expectancy was 76.05 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

76.05 years

Change on year

up 1.2%

World rank

110th

of 236 countries

All-time high

78.25 years

in 2010

All-time low

42.25 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Mayotte, 1950–2023

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Mayotte is 76.05 years, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Mayotte peaked at 78.25 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 42.25 years, in 1950.

Mayotte ranks 110th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	47.95 years	42.25 years	53.35 years	10
1960s	58.66 years	54.36 years	62.71 years	10
1970s	66.54 years	63.55 years	69.21 years	10
1980s	71.65 years	69.76 years	73.31 years	10
1990s	74.92 years	73.61 years	76.11 years	10
2000s	77.2 years	76.36 years	78.2 years	10
2010s	77.12 years	76.1 years	78.25 years	10
2020s	74.55 years	72.82 years	76.05 years	4

Countries ranked near Mayotte

107 Montserrat 76.19 years compare
108 Barbados 76.18 years compare
109 Cape Verde 76.06 years compare
111 Lithuania 76.03 years compare
112 Romania 75.94 years compare
113 Brazil 75.85 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Mayotte

Life expectancy at age 15 87.8 years (2100)
Life expectancy vs. health spending 76.05 years (2023)
Lung cancer death rates 1.62 deaths per 100,000 people (2016)

All data for Mayotte →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Mayotte?: Life expectancy in Mayotte was 76.05 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 Mayotte?: The highest recorded value was 78.25 years in 2010.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Mayotte?: The lowest recorded value was 42.25 years in 1950.
How does Mayotte rank for life expectancy?: Mayotte ranks 110th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Mayotte?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mayotte 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.