Jordan vs Peru: Life expectancy

Jordan
77.81 years
in 2023
Peru
77.74 years
in 2023
Jordan rank
79th
Peru rank
80th

Life expectancy over time

  • Jordan
  • Peru
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How they compare

Jordan currently reports 77.81 years against 77.74 years in Peru, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Peru ahead.

Jordan ranks 79th and Peru ranks 80th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 7 and Peru in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jordan Peru Difference Ahead
1950s 46.22 years 47.86 years 1.63 years Peru
1960s 56.73 years 53.36 years 3.37 years Jordan
1970s 63.63 years 57.09 years 6.55 years Jordan
1980s 68.31 years 61.55 years 6.76 years Jordan
1990s 70.86 years 66.7 years 4.17 years Jordan
2000s 72.87 years 71.61 years 1.26 years Jordan
2010s 75.07 years 75 years 0.0762 years Jordan
2020s 76.17 years 75 years 1.17 years Jordan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Jordan or Peru?
Jordan, at 77.81 years against 77.74 years in Peru as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Jordan and Peru?
0.07 years, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Peru?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Jordan and Peru rank globally for life expectancy?
Jordan ranks 79th and Peru ranks 80th 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

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.