Which has higher life expectancy, Brazil or Romania?

Romania, at 75.94 years against 75.85 years in Brazil as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Brazil and Romania?

0.09 years, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Romania?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 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.

Brazil vs Romania: Life expectancy

Brazil

75.85 years

in 2023

Romania

75.94 years

in 2023

Brazil rank

113th

Romania rank

112th

Life expectancy over time

Brazil
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 75.94 years against 75.85 years in Brazil, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Romania ahead.

Brazil ranks 113th and Romania ranks 112th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	50.65 years	62.91 years	12.26 years	Romania
1960s	55.03 years	67.53 years	12.49 years	Romania
1970s	59.35 years	69.17 years	9.83 years	Romania
1980s	63.73 years	69.54 years	5.81 years	Romania
1990s	67.52 years	69.59 years	2.08 years	Romania
2000s	71.56 years	71.82 years	0.2615 years	Romania
2010s	74.86 years	74.71 years	0.1528 years	Brazil
2020s	74.57 years	74.5 years	0.0693 years	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Brazil or Romania?: Romania, at 75.94 years against 75.85 years in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Brazil and Romania?: 0.09 years, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Romania rank globally for life expectancy?: Brazil ranks 113th and Romania ranks 112th 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.