Which has higher life expectancy, Reunion or Spain?

Spain, at 83.67 years against 83.55 years in Reunion as of 2023.

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

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.

Reunion vs Spain: Life expectancy

Reunion

83.55 years

in 2023

Spain

83.67 years

in 2023

Reunion rank

16th

Spain rank

13th

Life expectancy over time

Reunion
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 83.67 years against 83.55 years in Reunion, a difference of 0.12 years.

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

Reunion ranks 16th and Spain ranks 13th of 236 countries.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Reunion	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1950s	52.61 years	65.82 years	13.21 years	Spain
1960s	60.57 years	70.49 years	9.92 years	Spain
1970s	65.84 years	73.38 years	7.54 years	Spain
1980s	72.06 years	76.41 years	4.35 years	Spain
1990s	75.54 years	78.08 years	2.54 years	Spain
2000s	78.16 years	80.42 years	2.26 years	Spain
2010s	81.68 years	82.71 years	1.03 years	Spain
2020s	82.28 years	82.81 years	0.5261 years	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Reunion or Spain?: Spain, at 83.67 years against 83.55 years in Reunion as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Reunion and Spain?: 0.12 years, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Reunion and Spain?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Reunion and Spain rank globally for life expectancy?: Reunion ranks 16th 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.