Life expectancy in Niue
Niue: Life expectancy was 69.98 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Niue, 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 Niue is 69.98 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Niue peaked at 69.98 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 54.57 years, in 1950.
Niue ranks 171st 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 | 56.55 years | 54.57 years | 58.84 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 61.76 years | 59.38 years | 63.98 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 65.94 years | 64.37 years | 67.38 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.82 years | 67.32 years | 68.08 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.46 years | 65.64 years | 67.06 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.83 years | 65.6 years | 67.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.49 years | 67.65 years | 69.3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.71 years | 69.47 years | 69.98 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niue
- 168 Guyana 70.18 years compare
- 169 Turkmenistan 70.07 years compare
- 170 Greenland 70.06 years compare
- 172 Philippines 69.83 years compare
- 173 Sao Tome and Principe 69.72 years compare
- 174 Libya 69.34 years compare
More health data for Niue
- Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood 0.0642 under-five deaths per woman (2021)
- Life expectancy at age 15 80.75 years (2100)
- Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 2.38 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Reported cases of measles 0 Cases (2022)
- Child mortality by income level of country 2.38 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Child mortality vs. health spending 2.38 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 99.0% (2024)
- Life expectancy vs. health spending 69.98 years (2023)
- Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 16.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Niue?
- Life expectancy in Niue was 69.98 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 Niue?
- The highest recorded value was 69.98 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Niue?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.57 years in 1950.
- How does Niue rank for life expectancy?
- Niue ranks 171st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Niue?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niue 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
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.