Which has higher life expectancy, Ireland or Qatar?

Ireland, at 82.41 years against 82.37 years in Qatar as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Ireland and Qatar?

0.04 years, with Ireland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Qatar?

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.

Ireland vs Qatar: Life expectancy

Ireland

82.41 years

in 2023

Qatar

82.37 years

in 2023

Ireland rank

28th

Qatar rank

30th

Life expectancy over time

Ireland
Qatar

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 82.41 years against 82.37 years in Qatar, a difference of 0.04 years.

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

Ireland ranks 28th and Qatar ranks 30th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ireland	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	67.81 years	53.88 years	13.93 years	Ireland
1960s	70.41 years	61.05 years	9.36 years	Ireland
1970s	71.52 years	67.33 years	4.19 years	Ireland
1980s	73.58 years	71.6 years	1.98 years	Ireland
1990s	75.59 years	74.28 years	1.31 years	Ireland
2000s	78.53 years	76.82 years	1.72 years	Ireland
2010s	81.45 years	81.44 years	0.0148 years	Ireland
2020s	82.18 years	81.43 years	0.7489 years	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Ireland or Qatar?: Ireland, at 82.41 years against 82.37 years in Qatar as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Ireland and Qatar?: 0.04 years, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Qatar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ireland and Qatar rank globally for life expectancy?: Ireland ranks 28th and Qatar ranks 30th 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.