Which has higher female life expectancy at birth, Portugal or Sweden?

Portugal, at 85.12 years against 85.1 years in Sweden as of 2023.

What is the difference in female life expectancy at birth between Portugal and Sweden?

0.02 years, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sweden?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Female life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs Sweden: Female life expectancy at birth

Portugal

85.12 years

in 2023

Sweden

85.1 years

in 2023

Portugal rank

26th

Sweden rank

27th

Female life expectancy at birth over time

Portugal
Sweden

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 85.12 years against 85.1 years in Sweden, a difference of 0.02 years.

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

Portugal ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 27th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1950s	63.67 years	73.85 years	10.19 years	Sweden
1960s	68.24 years	75.93 years	7.69 years	Sweden
1970s	72.48 years	77.96 years	5.49 years	Sweden
1980s	76.64 years	79.73 years	3.09 years	Sweden
1990s	78.96 years	81.24 years	2.28 years	Sweden
2000s	81.7 years	82.62 years	0.9267 years	Sweden
2010s	84.11 years	83.96 years	0.1485 years	Portugal
2020s	84.44 years	84.73 years	0.2937 years	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher female life expectancy at birth, Portugal or Sweden?: Portugal, at 85.12 years against 85.1 years in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in female life expectancy at birth between Portugal and Sweden?: 0.02 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sweden?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Portugal and Sweden rank globally for female life expectancy at birth?: Portugal ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Female life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Female life expectancy at birth
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.