Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Bulgaria or Tunisia?

Bulgaria, at 79.21 years against 79.15 years in Tunisia as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Bulgaria and Tunisia?

0.06 years, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Tunisia?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Tunisia: Life expectancy by sex

Bulgaria

79.21 years

in 2023

Tunisia

79.15 years

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

109th

Tunisia rank

111th

Life expectancy by sex over time

Bulgaria
Tunisia

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 79.21 years against 79.15 years in Tunisia, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 109th and Tunisia ranks 111th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 7 and Tunisia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Tunisia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	65.92 years	41.74 years	24.18 years	Bulgaria
1960s	72.43 years	48.93 years	23.49 years	Bulgaria
1970s	73.58 years	60.03 years	13.55 years	Bulgaria
1980s	74.43 years	68.27 years	6.16 years	Bulgaria
1990s	74.72 years	72.94 years	1.77 years	Bulgaria
2000s	76.17 years	76.03 years	0.1443 years	Bulgaria
2010s	78.16 years	77.44 years	0.7166 years	Bulgaria
2020s	77.38 years	77.86 years	0.4742 years	Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Bulgaria or Tunisia?: Bulgaria, at 79.21 years against 79.15 years in Tunisia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Bulgaria and Tunisia?: 0.06 years, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Tunisia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Tunisia rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Bulgaria ranks 109th and Tunisia ranks 111th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy by sex
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.