Ireland vs Israel: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Ireland
82.41 years
in 2023
Israel
82.41 years
in 2023
Ireland rank
28th
Israel rank
29th
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Ireland
- Israel
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 82.41 years against 82.41 years in Israel, a difference of 0 years.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Israel ahead.
Ireland ranks 28th and Israel ranks 29th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Israel in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 67.81 years | 67.58 years | 0.23 years | Ireland |
| 1960s | 70.41 years | 70.22 years | 0.1844 years | Ireland |
| 1970s | 71.52 years | 72.12 years | 0.5966 years | Israel |
| 1980s | 73.58 years | 75.56 years | 1.97 years | Israel |
| 1990s | 75.59 years | 78.15 years | 2.55 years | Israel |
| 2000s | 78.53 years | 80.35 years | 1.82 years | Israel |
| 2010s | 81.45 years | 82.41 years | 0.9548 years | Israel |
| 2020s | 82.18 years | 82.61 years | 0.4316 years | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Ireland or Israel?
- Ireland, at 82.41 years against 82.41 years in Israel as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Ireland and Israel?
- 0 years, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Israel?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ireland and Israel rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Ireland ranks 28th and Israel ranks 29th 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.