Which has higher life expectancy, Germany or Slovenia?

Slovenia, at 81.6 years against 81.38 years in Germany as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Germany and Slovenia?

0.22 years, with Slovenia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Slovenia?

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.

Germany vs Slovenia: Life expectancy

Germany

81.38 years

in 2023

Slovenia

81.6 years

in 2023

Germany rank

45th

Slovenia rank

44th

Life expectancy over time

Germany
Slovenia

How they compare

Slovenia currently reports 81.6 years against 81.38 years in Germany, a difference of 0.22 years.

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

Germany ranks 45th and Slovenia ranks 44th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Slovenia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	68.12 years	65.48 years	2.64 years	Germany
1960s	70.32 years	68.71 years	1.61 years	Germany
1970s	71.74 years	70.76 years	0.9769 years	Germany
1980s	74.34 years	71.97 years	2.36 years	Germany
1990s	76.53 years	74.26 years	2.26 years	Germany
2000s	79.09 years	77.28 years	1.81 years	Germany
2010s	80.67 years	80.25 years	0.4211 years	Germany
2020s	81.02 years	80.8 years	0.218 years	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Germany or Slovenia?: Slovenia, at 81.6 years against 81.38 years in Germany as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Germany and Slovenia?: 0.22 years, with Slovenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Slovenia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Germany and Slovenia rank globally for life expectancy?: Germany ranks 45th and Slovenia ranks 44th 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.