Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Egypt or Jamaica?

Egypt, at 71.63 years against 71.48 years in Jamaica as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jamaica?

97 years are reported by both, from 1927 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 vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Jamaica: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita

Egypt

71.63 years

in 2023

Jamaica

71.48 years

in 2023

Egypt rank

157th

Jamaica rank

158th

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time

Egypt
Jamaica

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 71.63 years against 71.48 years in Jamaica, a difference of 0.15 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 97 shared years of data; in 1927 it was Jamaica ahead.

Egypt ranks 157th and Jamaica ranks 158th of 236 countries.

Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1920s	31.43 years	41.33 years	9.9 years	Jamaica
1930s	33.25 years	44.82 years	11.57 years	Jamaica
1940s	33.95 years	50.27 years	16.32 years	Jamaica
1950s	39.25 years	59.97 years	20.72 years	Jamaica
1960s	47 years	65.36 years	18.36 years	Jamaica
1970s	51.6 years	67.93 years	16.33 years	Jamaica
1980s	58.95 years	70.08 years	11.13 years	Jamaica
1990s	64.88 years	71.51 years	6.63 years	Jamaica
2000s	68.22 years	71.47 years	3.25 years	Jamaica
2010s	70.08 years	72.07 years	1.99 years	Jamaica
2020s	70.35 years	70.87 years	0.5219 years	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Egypt or Jamaica?: Egypt, at 71.63 years against 71.48 years in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Egypt and Jamaica?: 0.15 years, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jamaica?: 97 years are reported by both, from 1927 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Jamaica rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?: Egypt ranks 157th and Jamaica ranks 158th 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. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
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.