Which has higher life expectancy, Jordan or Lebanon?

Lebanon, at 77.82 years against 77.81 years in Jordan as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Jordan and Lebanon?

0.01 years, with Lebanon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Lebanon?

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.

Jordan vs Lebanon: Life expectancy

Jordan

77.81 years

in 2023

Lebanon

77.82 years

in 2023

Jordan rank

79th

Lebanon rank

78th

Life expectancy over time

Jordan
Lebanon

How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 77.82 years against 77.81 years in Jordan, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lebanon ahead.

Jordan ranks 79th and Lebanon ranks 78th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 2 and Lebanon in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jordan	Lebanon	Difference	Ahead
1950s	46.22 years	61.51 years	15.28 years	Lebanon
1960s	56.73 years	65.1 years	8.37 years	Lebanon
1970s	63.63 years	60.51 years	3.12 years	Jordan
1980s	68.31 years	60.35 years	7.96 years	Jordan
1990s	70.86 years	71.58 years	0.7114 years	Lebanon
2000s	72.87 years	75.68 years	2.81 years	Lebanon
2010s	75.07 years	78.07 years	2.99 years	Lebanon
2020s	76.17 years	76.44 years	0.2696 years	Lebanon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Jordan or Lebanon?: Lebanon, at 77.82 years against 77.81 years in Jordan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Jordan and Lebanon?: 0.01 years, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Lebanon?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Jordan and Lebanon rank globally for life expectancy?: Jordan ranks 79th and Lebanon ranks 78th 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.