Which has higher life expectancy, French Polynesia or Switzerland?

French Polynesia, at 84.07 years against 83.95 years in Switzerland as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between French Polynesia and Switzerland?

0.12 years, with French Polynesia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Switzerland?

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.

French Polynesia vs Switzerland: Life expectancy

French Polynesia

84.07 years

in 2023

Switzerland

83.95 years

in 2023

French Polynesia rank

7th

Switzerland rank

9th

Life expectancy over time

French Polynesia
Switzerland

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 84.07 years against 83.95 years in Switzerland, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Switzerland ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 7th and Switzerland ranks 9th of 236 countries.

Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Polynesia	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1950s	55.76 years	70.02 years	14.26 years	Switzerland
1960s	60.9 years	72.09 years	11.18 years	Switzerland
1970s	64.24 years	74.46 years	10.22 years	Switzerland
1980s	70.69 years	76.67 years	5.97 years	Switzerland
1990s	76.06 years	78.58 years	2.51 years	Switzerland
2000s	79.92 years	81.06 years	1.13 years	Switzerland
2010s	82.22 years	83.03 years	0.8095 years	Switzerland
2020s	82.49 years	83.47 years	0.9763 years	Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, French Polynesia or Switzerland?: French Polynesia, at 84.07 years against 83.95 years in Switzerland as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between French Polynesia and Switzerland?: 0.12 years, with French Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Switzerland?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do French Polynesia and Switzerland rank globally for life expectancy?: French Polynesia ranks 7th and Switzerland ranks 9th 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.