Which has higher life expectancy, Croatia or Uruguay?

Croatia, at 78.58 years against 78.14 years in Uruguay as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Croatia and Uruguay?

0.44 years, with Croatia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Uruguay?

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.

Croatia vs Uruguay: Life expectancy

Croatia

78.58 years

in 2023

Uruguay

78.14 years

in 2023

Croatia rank

71st

Uruguay rank

73rd

Life expectancy over time

Croatia
Uruguay

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 78.58 years against 78.14 years in Uruguay, a difference of 0.44 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.

Croatia ranks 71st and Uruguay ranks 73rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	62.27 years	66.58 years	4.31 years	Uruguay
1960s	67.97 years	68.15 years	0.1838 years	Uruguay
1970s	70.52 years	69.59 years	0.9335 years	Croatia
1980s	71.41 years	71.76 years	0.3435 years	Uruguay
1990s	72.48 years	73.52 years	1.04 years	Uruguay
2000s	75.24 years	75.59 years	0.345 years	Uruguay
2010s	77.5 years	77.14 years	0.3601 years	Croatia
2020s	77.87 years	77.11 years	0.7686 years	Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Croatia or Uruguay?: Croatia, at 78.58 years against 78.14 years in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Croatia and Uruguay?: 0.44 years, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Uruguay rank globally for life expectancy?: Croatia ranks 71st and Uruguay ranks 73rd 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.