Which has higher life expectancy, Guernsey or Vatican?

Guernsey, at 83.27 years against 82.98 years in Vatican as of 2023.

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

0.29 years, with Guernsey ahead.

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

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 Vatican: Life expectancy

Guernsey

83.27 years

in 2023

Vatican

82.98 years

in 2023

Guernsey rank

20th

Vatican rank

23rd

Life expectancy over time

Guernsey
Vatican

How they compare

Guernsey currently reports 83.27 years against 82.98 years in Vatican, a difference of 0.29 years.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guernsey ahead.

Guernsey ranks 20th and Vatican ranks 23rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guernsey averaged higher in 7 and Vatican in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guernsey	Vatican	Difference	Ahead
1950s	72.77 years	67.12 years	5.65 years	Guernsey
1960s	73.27 years	70.11 years	3.16 years	Guernsey
1970s	73.64 years	72.63 years	1 years	Guernsey
1980s	75.78 years	75.35 years	0.4243 years	Guernsey
1990s	77.94 years	77.73 years	0.2067 years	Guernsey
2000s	80.53 years	80.5 years	0.0243 years	Guernsey
2010s	82.68 years	82.53 years	0.1487 years	Guernsey
2020s	82.92 years	83.06 years	0.1387 years	Vatican

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Guernsey or Vatican?: Guernsey, at 83.27 years against 82.98 years in Vatican as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Guernsey and Vatican?: 0.29 years, with Guernsey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guernsey and Vatican?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guernsey and Vatican rank globally for life expectancy?: Guernsey ranks 20th and Vatican ranks 23rd 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.