Luxembourg vs Portugal: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
Luxembourg
82.23 years
in 2023
Portugal
82.36 years
in 2023
Luxembourg rank
33rd
Portugal rank
31st
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index over time
- Luxembourg
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 82.36 years against 82.23 years in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.13 years.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 33rd and Portugal ranks 31st of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 8 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 58.58 years | 52.83 years | 5.76 years | Luxembourg |
| 1950s | 66.88 years | 61.09 years | 5.79 years | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 69.11 years | 65.27 years | 3.84 years | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 70.52 years | 69.15 years | 1.38 years | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 73.21 years | 73.15 years | 0.0598 years | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 75.8 years | 75.33 years | 0.4737 years | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 78.51 years | 78.35 years | 0.1604 years | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 81 years | 81.14 years | 0.138 years | Portugal |
| 2020s | 81.92 years | 81.58 years | 0.3406 years | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index, Luxembourg or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 82.36 years against 82.23 years in Luxembourg as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index between Luxembourg and Portugal?
- 0.13 years, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Portugal?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
- How do Luxembourg and Portugal rank globally for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
- Luxembourg ranks 33rd and Portugal ranks 31st 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 vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.