Which has higher life expectancy, Iceland or Martinique?

Iceland, at 82.69 years against 82.57 years in Martinique as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Iceland and Martinique?

0.12 years, with Iceland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Martinique?

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.

Iceland vs Martinique: Life expectancy

Iceland

82.69 years

in 2023

Martinique

82.57 years

in 2023

Iceland rank

25th

Martinique rank

27th

Life expectancy over time

Iceland
Martinique

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 82.69 years against 82.57 years in Martinique, a difference of 0.12 years.

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

Iceland ranks 25th and Martinique ranks 27th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Martinique	Difference	Ahead
1950s	72.56 years	58.02 years	14.54 years	Iceland
1960s	73.57 years	63.71 years	9.86 years	Iceland
1970s	75.1 years	68.74 years	6.36 years	Iceland
1980s	77.04 years	73.97 years	3.07 years	Iceland
1990s	78.54 years	77.09 years	1.45 years	Iceland
2000s	80.76 years	79.77 years	0.9927 years	Iceland
2010s	82.16 years	81.84 years	0.3246 years	Iceland
2020s	82.46 years	80.35 years	2.11 years	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Iceland or Martinique?: Iceland, at 82.69 years against 82.57 years in Martinique as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Iceland and Martinique?: 0.12 years, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Martinique?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iceland and Martinique rank globally for life expectancy?: Iceland ranks 25th and Martinique ranks 27th 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.