What is life expectancy in Vatican?

Life expectancy in Vatican was 82.98 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 Vatican?

The highest recorded value was 83.62 years in 2019.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Vatican?

The lowest recorded value was 65.25 years in 1951.

How does Vatican rank for life expectancy?

Vatican ranks 23rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Vatican?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Vatican 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.

Life expectancy in Vatican

Name: Life expectancy in Vatican
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Vatican: Life expectancy was 82.98 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

82.98 years

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

23rd

of 236 countries

All-time high

83.62 years

in 2019

All-time low

65.25 years

in 1951

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Vatican, 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

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Vatican is 82.98 years, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Vatican peaked at 83.62 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 65.25 years, in 1951.

Vatican ranks 23rd 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.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	67.12 years	65.25 years	69.24 years	10
1960s	70.11 years	69.19 years	70.89 years	10
1970s	72.63 years	71.48 years	73.99 years	10
1980s	75.35 years	74.13 years	76.79 years	10
1990s	77.73 years	76.9 years	78.67 years	10
2000s	80.5 years	79.34 years	81.37 years	10
2010s	82.53 years	81.54 years	83.62 years	10
2020s	83.06 years	82.95 years	83.34 years	4

Countries ranked near Vatican

20 Guernsey 83.27 years compare
21 Sweden 83.26 years compare
22 Macao 83.07 years compare
24 United Arab Emirates 82.91 years compare
25 Iceland 82.69 years compare
26 Canada 82.63 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 800.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Life expectancy for people of different ages 82.98 years (2023)
Fertility rate vs. child mortality 1 live births per woman (2023)
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita 82.98 years (2023)
Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate -2.1% (2023)
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index 82.98 years (2023)
Life expectancy 82.98 years (2023)
Life expectancy at age 15 92.23 years (2100)
Life expectancy at birth, projections 92.01 years (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Vatican?: Life expectancy in Vatican was 82.98 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 Vatican?: The highest recorded value was 83.62 years in 2019.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Vatican?: The lowest recorded value was 65.25 years in 1951.
How does Vatican rank for life expectancy?: Vatican ranks 23rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Vatican?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Vatican 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
Last refreshed: 07 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.