Which has higher life expectancy, Luxembourg or Qatar?

Qatar, at 82.37 years against 82.23 years in Luxembourg as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg 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.

Luxembourg vs Qatar: Life expectancy

Luxembourg

82.23 years

in 2023

Qatar

82.37 years

in 2023

Luxembourg rank

33rd

Qatar rank

30th

Life expectancy over time

Luxembourg
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 82.37 years against 82.23 years in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 33rd and Qatar ranks 30th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 7 and Qatar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Luxembourg	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	66.88 years	53.88 years	13 years	Luxembourg
1960s	69.11 years	61.05 years	8.07 years	Luxembourg
1970s	70.52 years	67.33 years	3.19 years	Luxembourg
1980s	73.21 years	71.6 years	1.61 years	Luxembourg
1990s	75.8 years	74.28 years	1.52 years	Luxembourg
2000s	78.51 years	76.82 years	1.7 years	Luxembourg
2010s	81 years	81.44 years	0.4372 years	Qatar
2020s	81.92 years	81.43 years	0.4908 years	Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Luxembourg or Qatar?: Qatar, at 82.37 years against 82.23 years in Luxembourg as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Luxembourg and Qatar?: 0.14 years, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Qatar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Luxembourg and Qatar rank globally for life expectancy?: Luxembourg ranks 33rd 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.