Which has higher life expectancy, Monaco or San Marino?

Monaco, at 86.37 years against 85.71 years in San Marino as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Monaco and San Marino?

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.

Monaco vs San Marino: Life expectancy

Monaco

86.37 years

in 2023

San Marino

85.71 years

in 2023

Monaco rank

1st

San Marino rank

2nd

Life expectancy over time

Monaco
San Marino

How they compare

Monaco currently reports 86.37 years against 85.71 years in San Marino, a difference of 0.66 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was San Marino ahead.

Monaco ranks 1st and San Marino ranks 2nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Monaco averaged higher in 4 and San Marino in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Monaco	San Marino	Difference	Ahead
1950s	69.93 years	72.28 years	2.35 years	San Marino
1960s	72.7 years	73.71 years	1.01 years	San Marino
1970s	73.79 years	75.14 years	1.35 years	San Marino
1980s	77.11 years	77.12 years	0.0136 years	San Marino
1990s	80.71 years	78.91 years	1.8 years	Monaco
2000s	83.59 years	81.82 years	1.77 years	Monaco
2010s	85.39 years	84.43 years	0.9571 years	Monaco
2020s	85.83 years	84.4 years	1.43 years	Monaco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Monaco or San Marino?: Monaco, at 86.37 years against 85.71 years in San Marino as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Monaco and San Marino?: 0.66 years, with Monaco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Monaco and San Marino?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Monaco and San Marino rank globally for life expectancy?: Monaco ranks 1st and San Marino ranks 2nd 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.