Luxembourg vs New Zealand: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Luxembourg
82.23 years
in 2023
New Zealand
82.09 years
in 2023
Luxembourg rank
33rd
New Zealand rank
36th
Life expectancy for people of different ages over time
- Luxembourg
- New Zealand
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 82.23 years against 82.09 years in New Zealand, a difference of 0.14 years.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1948 it was New Zealand ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 33rd and New Zealand ranks 36th of 236 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 64.67 years | 68.88 years | 4.21 years | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 66.88 years | 70.14 years | 3.26 years | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 69.11 years | 71.22 years | 2.11 years | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 70.52 years | 72.12 years | 1.59 years | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 73.21 years | 74 years | 0.7867 years | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 75.8 years | 76.81 years | 1.01 years | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 78.51 years | 79.57 years | 1.05 years | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 81 years | 81.5 years | 0.501 years | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 81.92 years | 82.01 years | 0.0943 years | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Luxembourg or New Zealand?
- Luxembourg, at 82.23 years against 82.09 years in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Luxembourg and New Zealand?
- 0.14 years, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and New Zealand?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2023.
- How do Luxembourg and New Zealand rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Luxembourg ranks 33rd and New Zealand ranks 36th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – 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.