Italy vs Switzerland: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Italy
83.72 years
in 2023
Switzerland
83.95 years
in 2023
Italy rank
12th
Switzerland rank
9th
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Italy
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 83.95 years against 83.72 years in Italy, a difference of 0.23 years.
Across all 148 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 12th and Switzerland ranks 9th of 236 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 34.26 years | 40.64 years | 6.39 years | Switzerland |
| 1880s | 35.76 years | 44.28 years | 8.52 years | Switzerland |
| 1890s | 40.58 years | 47.14 years | 6.56 years | Switzerland |
| 1900s | 43.86 years | 50.19 years | 6.33 years | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 42.67 years | 53.78 years | 11.11 years | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 50.79 years | 59.14 years | 8.35 years | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 55.99 years | 62.56 years | 6.57 years | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 56.87 years | 65.77 years | 8.9 years | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 67.32 years | 70.02 years | 2.7 years | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 70.2 years | 72.09 years | 1.89 years | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 72.77 years | 74.46 years | 1.69 years | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 75.5 years | 76.67 years | 1.17 years | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 78.02 years | 78.58 years | 0.5568 years | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 80.82 years | 81.06 years | 0.2411 years | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 82.7 years | 83.03 years | 0.3316 years | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 82.7 years | 83.47 years | 0.7625 years | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Italy or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 83.95 years against 83.72 years in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Italy and Switzerland?
- 0.23 years, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1876 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Italy ranks 12th and Switzerland ranks 9th 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.