Which has higher life expectancy, Israel or Qatar?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel 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.

Israel vs Qatar: Life expectancy

Israel

82.41 years

in 2023

Qatar

82.37 years

in 2023

Israel rank

29th

Qatar rank

30th

Life expectancy over time

Israel
Qatar

How they compare

Israel 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 Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 29th and Qatar ranks 30th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	67.58 years	53.88 years	13.7 years	Israel
1960s	70.22 years	61.05 years	9.18 years	Israel
1970s	72.12 years	67.33 years	4.79 years	Israel
1980s	75.56 years	71.6 years	3.96 years	Israel
1990s	78.15 years	74.28 years	3.86 years	Israel
2000s	80.35 years	76.82 years	3.54 years	Israel
2010s	82.41 years	81.44 years	0.9696 years	Israel
2020s	82.61 years	81.43 years	1.18 years	Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Israel or Qatar?: Israel, at 82.41 years against 82.37 years in Qatar as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Israel and Qatar?: 0.04 years, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Qatar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Israel and Qatar rank globally for life expectancy?: Israel ranks 29th 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.