Which has higher life expectancy, Lithuania or Romania?

Lithuania, at 76.03 years against 75.94 years in Romania as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Lithuania and Romania?

0.09 years, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Romania?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 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.

Lithuania vs Romania: Life expectancy

Lithuania

76.03 years

in 2023

Romania

75.94 years

in 2023

Lithuania rank

111th

Romania rank

112th

Life expectancy over time

Lithuania
Romania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 76.03 years against 75.94 years in Romania, a difference of 0.09 years.

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

Lithuania ranks 111th and Romania ranks 112th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 6 and Romania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lithuania	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	67.04 years	62.91 years	4.13 years	Lithuania
1960s	71.11 years	67.53 years	3.58 years	Lithuania
1970s	71.26 years	69.17 years	2.08 years	Lithuania
1980s	71.3 years	69.54 years	1.76 years	Lithuania
1990s	70.29 years	69.59 years	0.7006 years	Lithuania
2000s	71.72 years	71.82 years	0.1013 years	Romania
2010s	74.67 years	74.71 years	0.0358 years	Romania
2020s	75.03 years	74.5 years	0.5341 years	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Lithuania or Romania?: Lithuania, at 76.03 years against 75.94 years in Romania as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Lithuania and Romania?: 0.09 years, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Lithuania and Romania rank globally for life expectancy?: Lithuania ranks 111th and Romania ranks 112th 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.