Which has higher life expectancy, Canada or Martinique?

Canada, at 82.63 years against 82.57 years in Martinique as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Martinique?

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.

Canada vs Martinique: Life expectancy

Canada

82.63 years

in 2023

Martinique

82.57 years

in 2023

Canada rank

26th

Martinique rank

27th

Life expectancy over time

Canada
Martinique

How they compare

Canada currently reports 82.63 years against 82.57 years in Martinique, a difference of 0.06 years.

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

Canada ranks 26th and Martinique ranks 27th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 7 and Martinique in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Martinique	Difference	Ahead
1950s	69.55 years	58.02 years	11.53 years	Canada
1960s	71.67 years	63.71 years	7.95 years	Canada
1970s	73.54 years	68.74 years	4.8 years	Canada
1980s	76.23 years	73.97 years	2.26 years	Canada
1990s	78.08 years	77.09 years	0.9905 years	Canada
2000s	80.1 years	79.77 years	0.3352 years	Canada
2010s	81.82 years	81.84 years	0.0128 years	Martinique
2020s	81.88 years	80.35 years	1.53 years	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Canada or Martinique?: Canada, at 82.63 years against 82.57 years in Martinique as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Canada and Martinique?: 0.06 years, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Martinique?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Canada and Martinique rank globally for life expectancy?: Canada ranks 26th and Martinique ranks 27th 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.