Which has higher life expectancy, Denmark or Guadeloupe?

Guadeloupe, at 82.05 years against 81.93 years in Denmark as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Denmark and Guadeloupe?

0.12 years, with Guadeloupe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Guadeloupe?

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.

Denmark vs Guadeloupe: Life expectancy

Denmark

81.93 years

in 2023

Guadeloupe

82.05 years

in 2023

Denmark rank

39th

Guadeloupe rank

37th

Life expectancy over time

Denmark
Guadeloupe

How they compare

Guadeloupe currently reports 82.05 years against 81.93 years in Denmark, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 39th and Guadeloupe ranks 37th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 6 and Guadeloupe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Guadeloupe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	71.47 years	56.5 years	14.97 years	Denmark
1960s	72.61 years	62.77 years	9.85 years	Denmark
1970s	73.9 years	66.99 years	6.91 years	Denmark
1980s	74.56 years	71.92 years	2.64 years	Denmark
1990s	75.6 years	75.36 years	0.2365 years	Denmark
2000s	77.85 years	78.37 years	0.5205 years	Guadeloupe
2010s	80.52 years	81.1 years	0.5747 years	Guadeloupe
2020s	81.55 years	80.45 years	1.1 years	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Denmark or Guadeloupe?: Guadeloupe, at 82.05 years against 81.93 years in Denmark as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Denmark and Guadeloupe?: 0.12 years, with Guadeloupe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Guadeloupe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Guadeloupe rank globally for life expectancy?: Denmark ranks 39th and Guadeloupe ranks 37th 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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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: 17 September 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.