Which has higher life expectancy, Gibraltar or Italy?

Italy, at 83.72 years against 83.55 years in Gibraltar as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Italy?

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.

Gibraltar vs Italy: Life expectancy

Gibraltar

83.55 years

in 2023

Italy

83.72 years

in 2023

Gibraltar rank

15th

Italy rank

12th

Life expectancy over time

Gibraltar
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 83.72 years against 83.55 years in Gibraltar, a difference of 0.17 years.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Italy ahead.

Gibraltar ranks 15th and Italy ranks 12th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gibraltar averaged higher in 5 and Italy in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gibraltar	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1950s	67.42 years	67.32 years	0.0957 years	Gibraltar
1960s	70.82 years	70.2 years	0.6255 years	Gibraltar
1970s	72.94 years	72.77 years	0.1762 years	Gibraltar
1980s	75.09 years	75.5 years	0.4025 years	Italy
1990s	78.25 years	78.02 years	0.2361 years	Gibraltar
2000s	80.94 years	80.82 years	0.128 years	Gibraltar
2010s	82.66 years	82.7 years	0.0337 years	Italy
2020s	82.6 years	82.7 years	0.1001 years	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Gibraltar or Italy?: Italy, at 83.72 years against 83.55 years in Gibraltar as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Gibraltar and Italy?: 0.17 years, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Italy?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gibraltar and Italy rank globally for life expectancy?: Gibraltar ranks 15th and Italy ranks 12th 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.