What is life expectancy in Yemen?

Life expectancy in Yemen was 69.3 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 Yemen?

The highest recorded value was 69.3 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Yemen?

The lowest recorded value was 28.93 years in 1950.

How does Yemen rank for life expectancy?

Yemen ranks 175th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Yemen?

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

Where does this Yemen 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 Yemen

Name: Life expectancy in Yemen
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)

Yemen: Life expectancy was 69.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

69.3 years

Change on year

up 2.0%

World rank

175th

of 236 countries

All-time high

69.3 years

in 2023

All-time low

28.93 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Yemen, 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

Yemen recorded 69.3 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Yemen peaked at 69.3 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28.93 years, in 1950.

That places Yemen 175th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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	30.74 years	28.93 years	32.86 years	10
1960s	35.61 years	33.43 years	39.61 years	10
1970s	45.05 years	40.57 years	49.53 years	10
1980s	54.46 years	50.61 years	58.02 years	10
1990s	60.29 years	58.53 years	62.28 years	10
2000s	65 years	62.76 years	66.91 years	10
2010s	67.16 years	65.92 years	68 years	10
2020s	67.43 years	66.02 years	69.3 years	4

Countries ranked near Yemen

172 Philippines 69.83 years compare
173 Sao Tome and Principe 69.72 years compare
174 Libya 69.34 years compare
176 Palau 69.27 years compare
177 Botswana 69.16 years compare
178 Laos 68.96 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Yemen

Age dependency ratio, young 72.7% (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 459,023 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 438,120 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 471,298 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 449,912 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 492,048 (2025)
Population, female 49.3% (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 488,910 (2025)
Population, female 20.61 million (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 532,316 (2025)

All data for Yemen →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Yemen?: Life expectancy in Yemen was 69.3 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 Yemen?: The highest recorded value was 69.3 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Yemen?: The lowest recorded value was 28.93 years in 1950.
How does Yemen rank for life expectancy?: Yemen ranks 175th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Yemen?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen 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.