Which has higher life expectancy, Gibraltar or Norway?

Gibraltar, at 83.55 years against 83.31 years in Norway as of 2023.

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

0.24 years, with Gibraltar ahead.

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

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 Norway: Life expectancy

Gibraltar

83.55 years

in 2023

Norway

83.31 years

in 2023

Gibraltar rank

15th

Norway rank

18th

Life expectancy over time

Gibraltar
Norway

How they compare

Gibraltar currently reports 83.55 years against 83.31 years in Norway, a difference of 0.24 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.

Gibraltar ranks 15th and Norway ranks 18th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gibraltar	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1950s	67.42 years	73.04 years	5.63 years	Norway
1960s	70.82 years	73.67 years	2.85 years	Norway
1970s	72.94 years	74.79 years	1.85 years	Norway
1980s	75.09 years	76.1 years	1.01 years	Norway
1990s	78.25 years	77.69 years	0.5619 years	Gibraltar
2000s	80.94 years	79.87 years	1.07 years	Gibraltar
2010s	82.66 years	82.05 years	0.6136 years	Gibraltar
2020s	82.6 years	83.07 years	0.4715 years	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Gibraltar or Norway?: Gibraltar, at 83.55 years against 83.31 years in Norway as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Gibraltar and Norway?: 0.24 years, with Gibraltar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Norway?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gibraltar and Norway rank globally for life expectancy?: Gibraltar ranks 15th and Norway ranks 18th 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.