Which has higher life expectancy, Australia or Italy?

Australia, at 83.92 years against 83.72 years in Italy as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Australia and Italy?

0.2 years, with Australia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?

106 years are reported by both, from 1885 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Italy: Life expectancy

Australia

83.92 years

in 2023

Italy

83.72 years

in 2023

Australia rank

10th

Italy rank

12th

Life expectancy over time

Australia
Italy

How they compare

Australia currently reports 83.92 years against 83.72 years in Italy, a difference of 0.2 years.

The two have swapped places 32 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1885 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and Italy ranks 12th of 236 countries.

Across the 14 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 11 and Italy in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1880s	49.05 years	36.92 years	12.13 years	Australia
1890s	52.95 years	39.69 years	13.26 years	Australia
1900s	57 years	43.99 years	13.01 years	Australia
1920s	62.54 years	51.34 years	11.2 years	Australia
1930s	65.35 years	55.99 years	9.36 years	Australia
1940s	67.47 years	56.87 years	10.6 years	Australia
1950s	69.82 years	67.32 years	2.49 years	Australia
1960s	70.87 years	70.2 years	0.6743 years	Australia
1970s	72.49 years	72.77 years	0.2797 years	Italy
1980s	75.51 years	75.5 years	0.0178 years	Australia
1990s	78.14 years	78.02 years	0.1192 years	Australia
2000s	80.76 years	80.82 years	0.0565 years	Italy
2010s	82.61 years	82.7 years	0.0891 years	Italy
2020s	83.48 years	82.7 years	0.7756 years	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Australia or Italy?: Australia, at 83.92 years against 83.72 years in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Australia and Italy?: 0.2 years, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1885 to 2023.
How do Australia and Italy rank globally for life expectancy?: Australia ranks 10th and Italy ranks 12th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
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: 06 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.