Which has higher life expectancy, Iran or Peru?

Peru, at 77.74 years against 77.65 years in Iran as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Peru?

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.

Iran vs Peru: Life expectancy

Iran

77.65 years

in 2023

Peru

77.74 years

in 2023

Iran rank

82nd

Peru rank

80th

Life expectancy over time

Iran
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 77.74 years against 77.65 years in Iran, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Peru ahead.

Iran ranks 82nd and Peru ranks 80th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 4 and Peru in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40.35 years	47.86 years	7.51 years	Peru
1960s	46.04 years	53.36 years	7.32 years	Peru
1970s	54.16 years	57.09 years	2.92 years	Peru
1980s	60.69 years	61.55 years	0.8557 years	Peru
1990s	67.53 years	66.7 years	0.8305 years	Iran
2000s	72.08 years	71.61 years	0.4647 years	Iran
2010s	75.71 years	75 years	0.7092 years	Iran
2020s	75.59 years	75 years	0.5862 years	Iran

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Iran or Peru?: Peru, at 77.74 years against 77.65 years in Iran as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Iran and Peru?: 0.09 years, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Peru?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iran and Peru rank globally for life expectancy?: Iran ranks 82nd and Peru ranks 80th 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.