Which has higher life expectancy, Norway or Reunion?

Reunion, at 83.55 years against 83.31 years in Norway as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Norway and Reunion?

0.24 years, with Reunion ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Reunion?

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.

Norway vs Reunion: Life expectancy

Norway

83.31 years

in 2023

Reunion

83.55 years

in 2023

Norway rank

18th

Reunion rank

16th

Life expectancy over time

Norway
Reunion

How they compare

Reunion currently reports 83.55 years against 83.31 years in Norway, a difference of 0.24 years.

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

Norway ranks 18th and Reunion ranks 16th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Norway	Reunion	Difference	Ahead
1950s	73.04 years	52.61 years	20.43 years	Norway
1960s	73.67 years	60.57 years	13.1 years	Norway
1970s	74.79 years	65.84 years	8.95 years	Norway
1980s	76.1 years	72.06 years	4.04 years	Norway
1990s	77.69 years	75.54 years	2.15 years	Norway
2000s	79.87 years	78.16 years	1.71 years	Norway
2010s	82.05 years	81.68 years	0.3737 years	Norway
2020s	83.07 years	82.28 years	0.7939 years	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Norway or Reunion?: Reunion, at 83.55 years against 83.31 years in Norway as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Norway and Reunion?: 0.24 years, with Reunion ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Reunion?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Norway and Reunion rank globally for life expectancy?: Norway ranks 18th and Reunion ranks 16th 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.