Italy vs Spain: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Italy
83.72 years
in 2023
Spain
83.67 years
in 2023
Italy rank
12th
Spain rank
13th
Life expectancy for people of different ages over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Italy currently reports 83.72 years against 83.67 years in Spain, a difference of 0.05 years.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 119 shared years of data; in 1882 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 12th and Spain ranks 13th of 236 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 9 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34.35 years | 29.5 years | 4.85 years | Italy |
| 1890s | 38.93 years | 32.1 years | 6.83 years | Italy |
| 1900s | 43.25 years | 39.07 years | 4.18 years | Italy |
| 1910s | 42.67 years | 41.04 years | 1.63 years | Italy |
| 1920s | 50.79 years | 45.79 years | 5 years | Italy |
| 1930s | 55.99 years | 49.93 years | 6.06 years | Italy |
| 1940s | 56.87 years | 55.61 years | 1.26 years | Italy |
| 1950s | 67.32 years | 65.82 years | 1.5 years | Italy |
| 1960s | 70.2 years | 70.49 years | 0.2912 years | Spain |
| 1970s | 72.77 years | 73.38 years | 0.6068 years | Spain |
| 1980s | 75.5 years | 76.41 years | 0.9181 years | Spain |
| 1990s | 78.02 years | 78.08 years | 0.0649 years | Spain |
| 2000s | 80.82 years | 80.42 years | 0.3951 years | Italy |
| 2010s | 82.7 years | 82.71 years | 0.0087 years | Spain |
| 2020s | 82.7 years | 82.81 years | 0.1035 years | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Italy or Spain?
- Italy, at 83.72 years against 83.67 years in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Italy and Spain?
- 0.05 years, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 119 years are reported by both, from 1882 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Italy ranks 12th and Spain ranks 13th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.