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
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
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.