Which has higher life expectancy, Puerto Rico or Slovenia?

Puerto Rico, at 81.69 years against 81.6 years in Slovenia as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Puerto Rico and Slovenia?

0.09 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Slovenia?

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.

Puerto Rico vs Slovenia: Life expectancy

Puerto Rico

81.69 years

in 2023

Slovenia

81.6 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico rank

42nd

Slovenia rank

44th

Life expectancy over time

Puerto Rico
Slovenia

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 81.69 years against 81.6 years in Slovenia, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Slovenia ahead.

Puerto Rico ranks 42nd and Slovenia ranks 44th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 3 and Slovenia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Puerto Rico	Slovenia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	64.76 years	65.48 years	0.7256 years	Slovenia
1960s	69.43 years	68.71 years	0.7155 years	Puerto Rico
1970s	71.62 years	70.76 years	0.8629 years	Puerto Rico
1980s	73.08 years	71.97 years	1.1 years	Puerto Rico
1990s	73.91 years	74.26 years	0.3551 years	Slovenia
2000s	77.06 years	77.28 years	0.2237 years	Slovenia
2010s	79.97 years	80.25 years	0.2765 years	Slovenia
2020s	80.22 years	80.8 years	0.5747 years	Slovenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Puerto Rico or Slovenia?: Puerto Rico, at 81.69 years against 81.6 years in Slovenia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Puerto Rico and Slovenia?: 0.09 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Slovenia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Puerto Rico and Slovenia rank globally for life expectancy?: Puerto Rico ranks 42nd and Slovenia ranks 44th 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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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: 28 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.