Gibraltar vs Reunion: Life expectancy

Gibraltar
83.55 years
in 2023
Reunion
83.55 years
in 2023
Gibraltar rank
15th
Reunion rank
16th

Life expectancy over time

  • Gibraltar
  • Reunion
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How they compare

Gibraltar currently reports 83.55 years against 83.55 years in Reunion, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gibraltar ahead.

Gibraltar ranks 15th and Reunion ranks 16th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Gibraltar Reunion Difference Ahead
1950s 67.42 years 52.61 years 14.81 years Gibraltar
1960s 70.82 years 60.57 years 10.25 years Gibraltar
1970s 72.94 years 65.84 years 7.11 years Gibraltar
1980s 75.09 years 72.06 years 3.03 years Gibraltar
1990s 78.25 years 75.54 years 2.71 years Gibraltar
2000s 80.94 years 78.16 years 2.79 years Gibraltar
2010s 82.66 years 81.68 years 0.9873 years Gibraltar
2020s 82.6 years 82.28 years 0.3224 years Gibraltar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Gibraltar or Reunion?
Gibraltar, at 83.55 years against 83.55 years in Reunion as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Gibraltar and Reunion?
0 years, with Gibraltar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Reunion?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gibraltar and Reunion rank globally for life expectancy?
Gibraltar ranks 15th and Reunion ranks 16th 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

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.