What is the difference in life expectancy between Macau, China and United Arab Emirates?

0.16 years, with Macau, China ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China 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.

Macau, China vs United Arab Emirates: Life expectancy

Macau, China

83.07 years

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

82.91 years

in 2023

Macau, China rank

22nd

United Arab Emirates rank

24th

Life expectancy over time

Macau, China
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Macau, China currently reports 83.07 years against 82.91 years in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.16 years.

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

Macau, China ranks 22nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 24th of 236 countries.

Macau, China has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Macau, China	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1950s	60.74 years	45.76 years	14.99 years	Macau, China
1960s	66.2 years	55.1 years	11.1 years	Macau, China
1970s	70.85 years	64.52 years	6.32 years	Macau, China
1980s	74.52 years	69.8 years	4.72 years	Macau, China
1990s	77.68 years	72.02 years	5.66 years	Macau, China
2000s	80.48 years	79.92 years	0.5575 years	Macau, China
2010s	82.68 years	82.13 years	0.5468 years	Macau, China
2020s	83.4 years	81.1 years	2.3 years	Macau, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Macau, China or United Arab Emirates?: Macau, China, at 83.07 years against 82.91 years in United Arab Emirates as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Macau, China and United Arab Emirates?: 0.16 years, with Macau, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and United Arab Emirates?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Macau, China and United Arab Emirates rank globally for life expectancy?: Macau, China ranks 22nd 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.

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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.