Which has higher life expectancy, Guernsey or Sweden?

Guernsey, at 83.27 years against 83.26 years in Sweden as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Guernsey and Sweden?

0.01 years, with Guernsey ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guernsey and Sweden?

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.

Guernsey vs Sweden: Life expectancy

Guernsey

83.27 years

in 2023

Sweden

83.26 years

in 2023

Guernsey rank

20th

Sweden rank

21st

Life expectancy over time

Guernsey
Sweden

How they compare

Guernsey currently reports 83.27 years against 83.26 years in Sweden, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guernsey ahead.

Guernsey ranks 20th and Sweden ranks 21st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guernsey averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guernsey	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1950s	72.77 years	72.29 years	0.4864 years	Guernsey
1960s	73.27 years	73.73 years	0.4664 years	Sweden
1970s	73.64 years	75.02 years	1.38 years	Sweden
1980s	75.78 years	76.7 years	0.9205 years	Sweden
1990s	77.94 years	78.63 years	0.6939 years	Sweden
2000s	80.53 years	80.52 years	0.0086 years	Guernsey
2010s	82.68 years	82.17 years	0.5101 years	Guernsey
2020s	82.92 years	82.94 years	0.0144 years	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Guernsey or Sweden?: Guernsey, at 83.27 years against 83.26 years in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Guernsey and Sweden?: 0.01 years, with Guernsey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guernsey and Sweden?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guernsey and Sweden rank globally for life expectancy?: Guernsey ranks 20th and Sweden ranks 21st 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.