Which has higher life expectancy, Finland or Guadeloupe?

Guadeloupe, at 82.05 years against 81.91 years in Finland as of 2023.

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

0.14 years, with Guadeloupe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland 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.

Finland vs Guadeloupe: Life expectancy

Finland

81.91 years

in 2023

Guadeloupe

82.05 years

in 2023

Finland rank

40th

Guadeloupe rank

37th

Life expectancy over time

Finland
Guadeloupe

How they compare

Guadeloupe currently reports 82.05 years against 81.91 years in Finland, a difference of 0.14 years.

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

Finland ranks 40th and Guadeloupe ranks 37th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 7 and Guadeloupe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Guadeloupe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	67.07 years	56.5 years	10.57 years	Finland
1960s	69.33 years	62.77 years	6.57 years	Finland
1970s	71.68 years	66.99 years	4.69 years	Finland
1980s	74.5 years	71.92 years	2.58 years	Finland
1990s	76.37 years	75.36 years	1.01 years	Finland
2000s	78.87 years	78.37 years	0.4974 years	Finland
2010s	81.05 years	81.1 years	0.0456 years	Guadeloupe
2020s	81.7 years	80.45 years	1.24 years	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Finland or Guadeloupe?: Guadeloupe, at 82.05 years against 81.91 years in Finland as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Finland and Guadeloupe?: 0.14 years, with Guadeloupe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Guadeloupe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Finland and Guadeloupe rank globally for life expectancy?: Finland ranks 40th 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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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.