Which has higher life expectancy, Singapore or Spain?

Singapore, at 83.74 years against 83.67 years in Spain as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Singapore and Spain?

0.07 years, with Singapore ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Spain?

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.

Singapore vs Spain: Life expectancy

Singapore

83.74 years

in 2023

Spain

83.67 years

in 2023

Singapore rank

11th

Spain rank

13th

Life expectancy over time

Singapore
Spain

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 83.74 years against 83.67 years in Spain, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

Singapore ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th of 236 regions.

Across the 8 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Singapore	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1950s	59.87 years	65.82 years	5.95 years	Spain
1960s	66.75 years	70.49 years	3.74 years	Spain
1970s	69.95 years	73.38 years	3.42 years	Spain
1980s	72.94 years	76.41 years	3.47 years	Spain
1990s	75.84 years	78.08 years	2.24 years	Spain
2000s	79.79 years	80.42 years	0.6288 years	Spain
2010s	82.67 years	82.71 years	0.0412 years	Spain
2020s	83.45 years	82.81 years	0.6435 years	Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Singapore or Spain?: Singapore, at 83.74 years against 83.67 years in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Singapore and Spain?: 0.07 years, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Spain?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Singapore and Spain rank globally for life expectancy?: Singapore ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th of 236 regions.
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.