Life expectancy for people of different ages in Reunion
Reunion: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 83.55 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
83.55 years
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
16th
of 236 countries
All-time high
83.55 years
in 2023
All-time low
47.56 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Reunion, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy for people of different ages in Reunion stood at 83.55 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Reunion peaked at 83.55 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 47.56 years, in 1950.
Reunion ranks 16th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Reunion, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 47.56 years | — |
| 1951 | 48.65 years | +2.3% |
| 1952 | 50.11 years | +3.0% |
| 1953 | 51.47 years | +2.7% |
| 1954 | 52.99 years | +3.0% |
| 1955 | 54.09 years | +2.1% |
| 1956 | 54.88 years | +1.5% |
| 1957 | 54.9 years | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 55.29 years | +0.7% |
| 1959 | 56.18 years | +1.6% |
| 1960 | 57.66 years | +2.6% |
| 1961 | 58.76 years | +1.9% |
| 1962 | 59.39 years | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 59.84 years | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 60.31 years | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 60.97 years | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 61.43 years | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 62.09 years | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 62.4 years | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 62.85 years | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 63.2 years | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 63.73 years | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 64.25 years | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 64.77 years | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 65.35 years | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 66.02 years | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 66.7 years | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 67.41 years | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 68.11 years | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 68.82 years | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 69.37 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 70.23 years | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 70.96 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 71.57 years | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 72.18 years | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 72.58 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 73.01 years | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 73.25 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 73.62 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 73.86 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 74.19 years | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 74.47 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 74.79 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 75.04 years | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 75.41 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 75.71 years | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 76.03 years | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 76.34 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 76.62 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 76.84 years | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 77.01 years | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 77.14 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 77.35 years | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 77.56 years | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 77.75 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 77.95 years | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 78.34 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 78.93 years | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 79.5 years | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 80.03 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 80.47 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 80.97 years | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 81.35 years | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 81.62 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 81.78 years | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 81.91 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 82.03 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 82.13 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 82.2 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 82.32 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 82.58 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 81.5 years | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 81.5 years | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 83.55 years | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 52.61 years | 47.56 years | 56.18 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.57 years | 57.66 years | 62.85 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 65.84 years | 63.2 years | 68.82 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.06 years | 69.37 years | 73.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.54 years | 74.19 years | 76.84 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.16 years | 77.01 years | 80.03 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.68 years | 80.47 years | 82.32 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.28 years | 81.5 years | 83.55 years | 4 |
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More health data for Reunion
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,035 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8 deaths (2100)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2227 % change on previous year (2090)
- Fertility rate vs. child mortality 2.17 live births per woman (2023)
- Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita 83.55 years (2023)
- Life expectancy 83.55 years (2023)
- Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index 83.55 years (2023)
- Life expectancy 83.55 years (2023)
- Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Reunion?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Reunion was 83.55 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Reunion?
- The highest recorded value was 83.55 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Reunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.56 years in 1950.
- How does Reunion rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Reunion ranks 16th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Reunion?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Reunion data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.