What is the difference in life expectancy between Bulgaria and United States Virgin Islands?

0.17 years, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United States Virgin Islands?

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

Bulgaria vs United States Virgin Islands: Life expectancy

Bulgaria

75.64 years

in 2023

United States Virgin Islands

75.47 years

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

115th

United States Virgin Islands rank

116th

Life expectancy over time

Bulgaria
United States Virgin Islands

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 75.64 years against 75.47 years in United States Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.17 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 115th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 116th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 6 and United States Virgin Islands in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	United States Virgin Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	64.23 years	61.33 years	2.9 years	Bulgaria
1960s	70.5 years	63.83 years	6.67 years	Bulgaria
1970s	71.1 years	67.37 years	3.72 years	Bulgaria
1980s	71.31 years	69.65 years	1.66 years	Bulgaria
1990s	71.03 years	71.09 years	0.0576 years	United States Virgin Islands
2000s	72.58 years	72.28 years	0.3016 years	Bulgaria
2010s	74.59 years	74.11 years	0.4738 years	Bulgaria
2020s	73.67 years	74.96 years	1.29 years	United States Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bulgaria or United States Virgin Islands?: Bulgaria, at 75.64 years against 75.47 years in United States Virgin Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bulgaria and United States Virgin Islands?: 0.17 years, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United States Virgin Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and United States Virgin Islands rank globally for life expectancy?: Bulgaria ranks 115th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 116th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed 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 totals, in a given year.