Which has higher life expectancy, Finland or Greece?

Finland, at 81.91 years against 81.86 years in Greece as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Finland and Greece?

0.05 years, with Finland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Greece?

88 years are reported by both, from 1882 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.

Finland vs Greece: Life expectancy

Finland

81.91 years

in 2023

Greece

81.86 years

in 2023

Finland rank

40th

Greece rank

41st

Life expectancy over time

Finland
Greece

How they compare

Finland currently reports 81.91 years against 81.86 years in Greece, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 88 shared years of data; in 1882 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 40th and Greece ranks 41st of 236 countries.

Across the 14 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 7 and Greece in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1880s	42.92 years	37.4 years	5.52 years	Finland
1890s	43.94 years	38.95 years	4.99 years	Finland
1900s	46.59 years	40.8 years	5.79 years	Finland
1920s	51.29 years	46.84 years	4.45 years	Finland
1930s	56.39 years	51.65 years	4.74 years	Finland
1940s	46.8 years	54.34 years	7.54 years	Greece
1950s	67.07 years	68.02 years	0.9487 years	Greece
1960s	69.33 years	71.06 years	1.73 years	Greece
1970s	71.68 years	73.49 years	1.82 years	Greece
1980s	74.5 years	75.88 years	1.37 years	Greece
1990s	76.37 years	77.86 years	1.48 years	Greece
2000s	78.87 years	79.44 years	0.5637 years	Greece
2010s	81.05 years	80.97 years	0.0831 years	Finland
2020s	81.7 years	80.97 years	0.7303 years	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Finland or Greece?: Finland, at 81.91 years against 81.86 years in Greece as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Finland and Greece?: 0.05 years, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Greece?: 88 years are reported by both, from 1882 to 2023.
How do Finland and Greece rank globally for life expectancy?: Finland ranks 40th and Greece ranks 41st 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.