Czechia vs Panama: Life expectancy

Czechia
79.83 years
in 2023
Panama
79.59 years
in 2023
Czechia rank
58th
Panama rank
61st

Life expectancy over time

  • Czechia
  • Panama
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How they compare

Czechia currently reports 79.83 years against 79.59 years in Panama, a difference of 0.24 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1930 it was Czechia ahead.

Czechia ranks 58th and Panama ranks 61st of 236 countries.

Czechia has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Czechia Panama Difference Ahead
1930s 55.55 years 36 years 19.55 years Czechia
1950s 67.94 years 57.39 years 10.55 years Czechia
1960s 70.23 years 62.13 years 8.1 years Czechia
1970s 70.3 years 66.73 years 3.57 years Czechia
1980s 71.07 years 70.28 years 0.7877 years Czechia
1990s 73.19 years 72.04 years 1.14 years Czechia
2000s 76.13 years 74.93 years 1.2 years Czechia
2010s 78.49 years 77.45 years 1.04 years Czechia
2020s 78.62 years 78.06 years 0.5546 years Czechia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Czechia or Panama?
Czechia, at 79.83 years against 79.59 years in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Czechia and Panama?
0.24 years, with Czechia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Panama?
75 years are reported by both, from 1930 to 2023.
How do Czechia and Panama rank globally for life expectancy?
Czechia ranks 58th and Panama ranks 61st 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

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.