Which has higher life expectancy, Iceland or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 82.91 years against 82.69 years in Iceland as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Iceland and United Arab Emirates?

0.22 years, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and United Arab Emirates?

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.

Iceland vs United Arab Emirates: Life expectancy

Iceland

82.69 years

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

82.91 years

in 2023

Iceland rank

25th

United Arab Emirates rank

24th

Life expectancy over time

Iceland
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 82.91 years against 82.69 years in Iceland, a difference of 0.22 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 25th and United Arab Emirates ranks 24th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1950s	72.56 years	45.76 years	26.81 years	Iceland
1960s	73.57 years	55.1 years	18.47 years	Iceland
1970s	75.1 years	64.52 years	10.58 years	Iceland
1980s	77.04 years	69.8 years	7.24 years	Iceland
1990s	78.54 years	72.02 years	6.52 years	Iceland
2000s	80.76 years	79.92 years	0.8393 years	Iceland
2010s	82.16 years	82.13 years	0.0276 years	Iceland
2020s	82.46 years	81.1 years	1.35 years	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Iceland or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 82.91 years against 82.69 years in Iceland as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Iceland and United Arab Emirates?: 0.22 years, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and United Arab Emirates?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iceland and United Arab Emirates rank globally for life expectancy?: Iceland ranks 25th and United Arab Emirates ranks 24th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iceland vs United Arab Emirates: Life expectancy. Statizoid, drawing on Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-hmd-unwpp/iceland/united-arab-emirates/

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-hmd-unwpp/iceland/united-arab-emirates/">Iceland vs United Arab Emirates: Life expectancy</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.