Which has higher life expectancy, Australia or Spain?

Australia, at 83.92 years against 83.67 years in Spain as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Australia and Spain?

0.25 years, with Australia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?

103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2023.

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Spain: Life expectancy

Australia

83.92 years

in 2023

Spain

83.67 years

in 2023

Australia rank

10th

Spain rank

13th

Life expectancy over time

Australia
Spain

How they compare

Australia currently reports 83.92 years against 83.67 years in Spain, a difference of 0.25 years.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and Spain ranks 13th of 236 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 8 and Spain in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1920s	62.54 years	46.5 years	16.04 years	Australia
1930s	65.35 years	49.93 years	15.42 years	Australia
1940s	67.47 years	55.61 years	11.86 years	Australia
1950s	69.82 years	65.82 years	4 years	Australia
1960s	70.87 years	70.49 years	0.3831 years	Australia
1970s	72.49 years	73.38 years	0.8864 years	Spain
1980s	75.51 years	76.41 years	0.9003 years	Spain
1990s	78.14 years	78.08 years	0.0543 years	Australia
2000s	80.76 years	80.42 years	0.3387 years	Australia
2010s	82.61 years	82.71 years	0.0977 years	Spain
2020s	83.48 years	82.81 years	0.6721 years	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Australia or Spain?: Australia, at 83.92 years against 83.67 years in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Australia and Spain?: 0.25 years, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?: 103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2023.
How do Australia and Spain rank globally for life expectancy?: Australia ranks 10th and Spain ranks 13th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.