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Life expectancy in Netherlands

Netherlands: Life expectancy was 82.16 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
82.16 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
34th
of 236 countries
All-time high
82.16 years
in 2023
All-time low
30.91 years
in 1859
Years of data
174
1850–2023

Life expectancy in Netherlands, 1850–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Netherlands recorded 82.16 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 174 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Netherlands peaked at 82.16 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.91 years, in 1859.

Netherlands ranks 34th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 174 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 37.03 years 30.91 years 40.14 years 10
1860s 37.55 years 33.69 years 40.43 years 10
1870s 39.15 years 33.01 years 42.08 years 10
1880s 42.96 years 40.41 years 44.98 years 10
1890s 46.87 years 43.95 years 49.43 years 10
1900s 51.64 years 48.48 years 54.92 years 10
1910s 55.15 years 47.63 years 57.35 years 10
1920s 61.69 years 57.98 years 63.71 years 10
1930s 66.23 years 64.32 years 67.72 years 10
1940s 65.62 years 55.58 years 71.04 years 10
1950s 72.35 years 71.44 years 73.19 years 10
1960s 73.54 years 73.22 years 73.83 years 10
1970s 74.54 years 73.63 years 75.65 years 10
1980s 76.38 years 75.77 years 77 years 10
1990s 77.51 years 77.01 years 78 years 10
2000s 79.34 years 78.13 years 80.67 years 10
2010s 81.46 years 80.83 years 82.05 years 10
2020s 81.7 years 81.36 years 82.16 years 4

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 31 Portugal 82.36 years compare
  2. 32 Bermuda 82.31 years compare
  3. 35 Belgium 82.11 years compare
  4. 36 New Zealand 82.09 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Netherlands?
Life expectancy in Netherlands was 82.16 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 recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 82.16 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 30.91 years in 1859.
How does Netherlands rank for life expectancy?
Netherlands ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Netherlands 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.