Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Mauritania or Pakistan?

Mauritania, at 70.48 years against 70.16 years in Pakistan as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Mauritania and Pakistan?

0.32 years, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Pakistan?

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.

Mauritania vs Pakistan: Life expectancy by sex

Mauritania

70.48 years

in 2023

Pakistan

70.16 years

in 2023

Mauritania rank

189th

Pakistan rank

192nd

Life expectancy by sex over time

Mauritania
Pakistan

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 70.48 years against 70.16 years in Pakistan, a difference of 0.32 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 189th and Pakistan ranks 192nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 5 and Pakistan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Pakistan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	41.47 years	37.22 years	4.25 years	Mauritania
1960s	48.16 years	46.57 years	1.59 years	Mauritania
1970s	53.29 years	54.23 years	0.9411 years	Pakistan
1980s	57.21 years	59.84 years	2.62 years	Pakistan
1990s	60.54 years	61.28 years	0.7401 years	Pakistan
2000s	65.56 years	64.66 years	0.8995 years	Mauritania
2010s	68.54 years	67.97 years	0.566 years	Mauritania
2020s	69.58 years	69.21 years	0.3731 years	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Mauritania or Pakistan?: Mauritania, at 70.48 years against 70.16 years in Pakistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Mauritania and Pakistan?: 0.32 years, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Pakistan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Pakistan rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Mauritania ranks 189th and Pakistan ranks 192nd 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.