Which has higher life expectancy at birth, Iceland or Martinique?

Iceland, at 82.69 years against 82.56 years in Martinique as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy at birth between Iceland and Martinique?

0.13 years, with Iceland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Martinique?

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

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland vs Martinique: Life expectancy at birth

Iceland

82.69 years

in 2023

Martinique

82.56 years

in 2023

Iceland rank

25th

Martinique rank

27th

Life expectancy at birth over time

Iceland
Martinique

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 82.69 years against 82.56 years in Martinique, a difference of 0.13 years.

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

Iceland ranks 25th and Martinique ranks 27th of 236 countries.

Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Martinique	Difference	Ahead
1950s	72.56 years	58.02 years	14.54 years	Iceland
1960s	73.57 years	63.71 years	9.86 years	Iceland
1970s	75.1 years	68.74 years	6.36 years	Iceland
1980s	77.04 years	73.97 years	3.07 years	Iceland
1990s	78.54 years	77.09 years	1.45 years	Iceland
2000s	80.76 years	79.77 years	0.9928 years	Iceland
2010s	82.16 years	81.84 years	0.3247 years	Iceland
2020s	82.46 years	80.35 years	2.11 years	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, Iceland or Martinique?: Iceland, at 82.69 years against 82.56 years in Martinique as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth between Iceland and Martinique?: 0.13 years, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Martinique?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iceland and Martinique rank globally for life expectancy at birth?: Iceland ranks 25th and Martinique ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iceland vs Martinique: Life expectancy at birth. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-at-birth-including-the-un-projections/iceland/martinique/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-at-birth-including-the-un-projections/iceland/martinique/">Iceland vs Martinique: Life expectancy at birth</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.