Which has higher life expectancy, Gibraltar or Liechtenstein?

Liechtenstein, at 83.63 years against 83.55 years in Gibraltar as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Gibraltar and Liechtenstein?

0.08 years, with Liechtenstein ahead.

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

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 Liechtenstein: Life expectancy

Gibraltar

83.55 years

in 2023

Liechtenstein

83.63 years

in 2023

Gibraltar rank

15th

Liechtenstein rank

14th

Life expectancy over time

Gibraltar
Liechtenstein

How they compare

Liechtenstein currently reports 83.63 years against 83.55 years in Gibraltar, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liechtenstein ahead.

Gibraltar ranks 15th and Liechtenstein ranks 14th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gibraltar averaged higher in 2 and Liechtenstein in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gibraltar	Liechtenstein	Difference	Ahead
1950s	67.42 years	67.93 years	0.5157 years	Liechtenstein
1960s	70.82 years	71.46 years	0.6322 years	Liechtenstein
1970s	72.94 years	74 years	1.06 years	Liechtenstein
1980s	75.09 years	76.47 years	1.37 years	Liechtenstein
1990s	78.25 years	78.16 years	0.0953 years	Gibraltar
2000s	80.94 years	80.65 years	0.2983 years	Gibraltar
2010s	82.66 years	82.68 years	0.0179 years	Liechtenstein
2020s	82.6 years	82.96 years	0.3615 years	Liechtenstein

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Gibraltar or Liechtenstein?: Liechtenstein, at 83.63 years against 83.55 years in Gibraltar as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Gibraltar and Liechtenstein?: 0.08 years, with Liechtenstein ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Liechtenstein?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gibraltar and Liechtenstein rank globally for life expectancy?: Gibraltar ranks 15th and Liechtenstein ranks 14th 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.