Which has higher life expectancy, Greenland or Nepal?

Nepal, at 70.35 years against 70.06 years in Greenland as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Nepal?

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.

Greenland vs Nepal: Life expectancy

Greenland

70.06 years

in 2023

Nepal

70.35 years

in 2023

Greenland rank

170th

Nepal rank

167th

Life expectancy over time

Greenland
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 70.35 years against 70.06 years in Greenland, a difference of 0.29 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Greenland ahead.

Greenland ranks 170th and Nepal ranks 167th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greenland	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	48.1 years	37.86 years	10.23 years	Greenland
1960s	60.96 years	40.53 years	20.43 years	Greenland
1970s	62.19 years	45.33 years	16.86 years	Greenland
1980s	62.71 years	50.81 years	11.9 years	Greenland
1990s	64.13 years	58.71 years	5.42 years	Greenland
2000s	67.51 years	64.88 years	2.63 years	Greenland
2010s	69.81 years	67.96 years	1.85 years	Greenland
2020s	70.08 years	69.48 years	0.595 years	Greenland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Greenland or Nepal?: Nepal, at 70.35 years against 70.06 years in Greenland as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Greenland and Nepal?: 0.29 years, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Nepal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Greenland and Nepal rank globally for life expectancy?: Greenland ranks 170th and Nepal ranks 167th 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.