Which has higher life expectancy, Luxembourg or Netherlands?

Luxembourg, at 82.23 years against 82.16 years in Netherlands as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Luxembourg and Netherlands?

0.07 years, with Luxembourg ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Netherlands?

123 years are reported by both, from 1901 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.

Luxembourg vs Netherlands: Life expectancy

Luxembourg

82.23 years

in 2023

Netherlands

82.16 years

in 2023

Luxembourg rank

33rd

Netherlands rank

34th

Life expectancy over time

Luxembourg
Netherlands

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 82.23 years against 82.16 years in Netherlands, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Netherlands ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 33rd and Netherlands ranks 34th of 236 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 1 and Netherlands in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1900s	47.09 years	51.99 years	4.9 years	Netherlands
1910s	48.19 years	55.15 years	6.96 years	Netherlands
1920s	54.96 years	61.69 years	6.73 years	Netherlands
1930s	59.02 years	66.23 years	7.21 years	Netherlands
1940s	58.58 years	65.62 years	7.04 years	Netherlands
1950s	66.88 years	72.35 years	5.47 years	Netherlands
1960s	69.11 years	73.54 years	4.43 years	Netherlands
1970s	70.52 years	74.54 years	4.02 years	Netherlands
1980s	73.21 years	76.38 years	3.17 years	Netherlands
1990s	75.8 years	77.51 years	1.71 years	Netherlands
2000s	78.51 years	79.34 years	0.8319 years	Netherlands
2010s	81 years	81.46 years	0.4581 years	Netherlands
2020s	81.92 years	81.7 years	0.2153 years	Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Luxembourg or Netherlands?: Luxembourg, at 82.23 years against 82.16 years in Netherlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Luxembourg and Netherlands?: 0.07 years, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Netherlands?: 123 years are reported by both, from 1901 to 2023.
How do Luxembourg and Netherlands rank globally for life expectancy?: Luxembourg ranks 33rd and Netherlands ranks 34th 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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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: 17 September 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.