Which has higher life expectancy, Chile or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, at 81.3 years against 81.17 years in Chile as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Chile and United Kingdom?

0.13 years, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and United Kingdom?

89 years are reported by both, from 1900 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.

Chile vs United Kingdom: Life expectancy

Chile

81.17 years

in 2023

United Kingdom

81.3 years

in 2023

Chile rank

48th

United Kingdom rank

46th

Life expectancy over time

Chile
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 81.3 years against 81.17 years in Chile, a difference of 0.13 years.

Across all 89 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 48th and United Kingdom ranks 46th of 236 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1900s	30.5 years	48.18 years	17.68 years	United Kingdom
1910s	31.37 years	53.91 years	22.54 years	United Kingdom
1920s	33.2 years	57.74 years	24.54 years	United Kingdom
1930s	37.6 years	61.03 years	23.43 years	United Kingdom
1940s	43.3 years	63.77 years	20.47 years	United Kingdom
1950s	54.88 years	69.9 years	15.02 years	United Kingdom
1960s	59.44 years	71.33 years	11.89 years	United Kingdom
1970s	65.62 years	72.53 years	6.9 years	United Kingdom
1980s	71.38 years	74.56 years	3.19 years	United Kingdom
1990s	75.15 years	76.61 years	1.46 years	United Kingdom
2000s	78.2 years	78.92 years	0.7242 years	United Kingdom
2010s	79.86 years	80.98 years	1.12 years	United Kingdom
2020s	79.64 years	80.87 years	1.23 years	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Chile or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 81.3 years against 81.17 years in Chile as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Chile and United Kingdom?: 0.13 years, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and United Kingdom?: 89 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2023.
How do Chile and United Kingdom rank globally for life expectancy?: Chile ranks 48th and United Kingdom ranks 46th 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.