Which has higher life expectancy, Portugal or Qatar?

Qatar, at 82.37 years against 82.36 years in Portugal as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal 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.

Portugal vs Qatar: Life expectancy

Portugal

82.36 years

in 2023

Qatar

82.37 years

in 2023

Portugal rank

31st

Qatar rank

30th

Life expectancy over time

Portugal
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 82.37 years against 82.36 years in Portugal, a difference of 0.01 years.

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

Portugal ranks 31st and Qatar ranks 30th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	61.09 years	53.88 years	7.21 years	Portugal
1960s	65.27 years	61.05 years	4.22 years	Portugal
1970s	69.15 years	67.33 years	1.81 years	Portugal
1980s	73.15 years	71.6 years	1.55 years	Portugal
1990s	75.33 years	74.28 years	1.04 years	Portugal
2000s	78.35 years	76.82 years	1.54 years	Portugal
2010s	81.14 years	81.44 years	0.2992 years	Qatar
2020s	81.58 years	81.43 years	0.1502 years	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Portugal or Qatar?: Qatar, at 82.37 years against 82.36 years in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Portugal and Qatar?: 0.01 years, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Qatar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Portugal and Qatar rank globally for life expectancy?: Portugal ranks 31st 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.