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Life expectancy by sex in Samoa

Samoa: Life expectancy by sex was 73.66 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
73.66 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
163rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
74.54 years
in 2006
All-time low
51.5 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy by sex in Samoa, 1950–2023

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 73.66 years for life expectancy by sex in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy by sex in Samoa peaked at 74.54 years in 2006 and was at its lowest, 51.5 years, in 1950.

Samoa ranks 163rd 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.

Life expectancy by sex in Samoa, year by year

Year years Change
1950 51.5 years —
1951 52.08 years +1.1%
1952 52.66 years +1.1%
1953 53.31 years +1.2%
1954 53.9 years +1.1%
1955 54.51 years +1.1%
1956 55.14 years +1.2%
1957 55.78 years +1.2%
1958 56.35 years +1.0%
1959 56.98 years +1.1%
1960 57.59 years +1.1%
1961 58.18 years +1.0%
1962 58.81 years +1.1%
1963 59.36 years +0.9%
1964 55.61 years -6.3%
1965 60.41 years +8.6%
1966 60.7 years +0.5%
1967 61.45 years +1.2%
1968 61.98 years +0.9%
1969 62.51 years +0.9%
1970 63.05 years +0.9%
1971 63.59 years +0.9%
1972 64.07 years +0.8%
1973 64.64 years +0.9%
1974 65.16 years +0.8%
1975 65.67 years +0.8%
1976 66.17 years +0.8%
1977 66.64 years +0.7%
1978 67.1 years +0.7%
1979 67.54 years +0.6%
1980 67.96 years +0.6%
1981 68.35 years +0.6%
1982 68.75 years +0.6%
1983 69.1 years +0.5%
1984 69.44 years +0.5%
1985 69.76 years +0.5%
1986 70.07 years +0.4%
1987 70.36 years +0.4%
1988 70.64 years +0.4%
1989 70.92 years +0.4%
1990 71.04 years +0.2%
1991 71.24 years +0.3%
1992 71.78 years +0.8%
1993 72.09 years +0.4%
1994 72.43 years +0.5%
1995 72.74 years +0.4%
1996 73.03 years +0.4%
1997 73.29 years +0.4%
1998 73.52 years +0.3%
1999 73.74 years +0.3%
2000 73.94 years +0.3%
2001 74.14 years +0.3%
2002 74.3 years +0.2%
2003 74.48 years +0.2%
2004 74.48 years -0.0%
2005 74.42 years -0.1%
2006 74.54 years +0.2%
2007 74.48 years -0.1%
2008 74.31 years -0.2%
2009 71.85 years -3.3%
2010 74.12 years +3.2%
2011 73.97 years -0.2%
2012 73.58 years -0.5%
2013 73.6 years +0.0%
2014 73.4 years -0.3%
2015 73.23 years -0.2%
2016 73.09 years -0.2%
2017 73.01 years -0.1%
2018 73.03 years +0.0%
2019 72.2 years -1.1%
2020 72.88 years +0.9%
2021 73.02 years +0.2%
2022 73.49 years +0.6%
2023 73.66 years +0.2%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 73.66 years is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 77.75 years, 95% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 73.66 years is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 75.84 years, 97% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 54.22 years 51.5 years 56.98 years 10
1960s 59.66 years 55.61 years 62.51 years 10
1970s 65.36 years 63.05 years 67.54 years 10
1980s 69.54 years 67.96 years 70.92 years 10
1990s 72.49 years 71.04 years 73.74 years 10
2000s 74.09 years 71.85 years 74.54 years 10
2010s 73.32 years 72.2 years 74.12 years 10
2020s 73.26 years 72.88 years 73.66 years 4

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 160 Vanuatu 73.93 years compare
  2. 161 Egypt 73.81 years compare
  3. 162 Sao Tome and Principe 73.73 years compare
  4. 164 India 73.6 years compare
  5. 165 Western Sahara 73.55 years compare
  6. 166 Indonesia 73.27 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy by sex in Samoa?
Life expectancy by sex in Samoa was 73.66 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy by sex recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 74.54 years in 2006.
What is the lowest life expectancy by sex recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 51.5 years in 1950.
How does Samoa rank for life expectancy by sex?
Samoa ranks 163rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy by sex rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Samoa data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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