Iceland vs Macao: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Iceland
82.69 years
in 2023
Macao
83.07 years
in 2023
Iceland rank
25th
Macao rank
22nd
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Iceland
- Macao
How they compare
Macao currently reports 83.07 years against 82.69 years in Iceland, a difference of 0.38 years.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 25th and Macao ranks 22nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 6 and Macao in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Macao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 72.56 years | 60.74 years | 11.82 years | Iceland |
| 1960s | 73.57 years | 66.2 years | 7.37 years | Iceland |
| 1970s | 75.1 years | 70.85 years | 4.25 years | Iceland |
| 1980s | 77.04 years | 74.52 years | 2.53 years | Iceland |
| 1990s | 78.54 years | 77.68 years | 0.8646 years | Iceland |
| 2000s | 80.76 years | 80.48 years | 0.2818 years | Iceland |
| 2010s | 82.16 years | 82.68 years | 0.5192 years | Macao |
| 2020s | 82.46 years | 83.4 years | 0.943 years | Macao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Iceland or Macao?
- Macao, at 83.07 years against 82.69 years in Iceland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Iceland and Macao?
- 0.38 years, with Macao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Macao?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Iceland and Macao rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Iceland ranks 25th and Macao ranks 22nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β 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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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.