France vs Gibraltar: Life expectancy

France
83.33 years
in 2023
Gibraltar
83.55 years
in 2023
France rank
17th
Gibraltar rank
15th

Life expectancy over time

  • France
  • Gibraltar
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How they compare

Gibraltar currently reports 83.55 years against 83.33 years in France, a difference of 0.22 years.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

France ranks 17th and Gibraltar ranks 15th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, France averaged higher in 4 and Gibraltar in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Gibraltar Difference Ahead
1950s 68.15 years 67.42 years 0.7273 years France
1960s 71.02 years 70.82 years 0.1978 years France
1970s 72.95 years 72.94 years 0.0029 years France
1980s 75.33 years 75.09 years 0.2381 years France
1990s 77.8 years 78.25 years 0.4588 years Gibraltar
2000s 80.17 years 80.94 years 0.7758 years Gibraltar
2010s 82.16 years 82.66 years 0.5022 years Gibraltar
2020s 82.58 years 82.6 years 0.0231 years Gibraltar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, France or Gibraltar?
Gibraltar, at 83.55 years against 83.33 years in France as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between France and Gibraltar?
0.22 years, with Gibraltar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Gibraltar?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do France and Gibraltar rank globally for life expectancy?
France ranks 17th and Gibraltar ranks 15th 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.