Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil

Brazil: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 75.85 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
75.85 years
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
113th
of 236 countries
All-time high
75.85 years
in 2023
All-time low
29 years
in 1900
Years of data
80
1900–2023

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil, 1900–2023

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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

Brazil recorded 75.85 years for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 80 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Brazil peaked at 75.85 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29 years, in 1900.

That places Brazil 113th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1900s 29 years 29 years 29 years 1
1910s 31 years 31 years 31 years 1
1920s 32 years 32 years 32 years 1
1930s 34 years 34 years 34 years 1
1940s 39.65 years 37 years 42.3 years 2
1950s 50.65 years 48.53 years 52.7 years 10
1960s 55.03 years 53.16 years 56.9 years 10
1970s 59.35 years 57.34 years 61.37 years 10
1980s 63.73 years 61.82 years 65.51 years 10
1990s 67.52 years 65.86 years 69.21 years 10
2000s 71.56 years 69.58 years 73.46 years 10
2010s 74.86 years 73.78 years 75.81 years 10
2020s 74.57 years 73.04 years 75.85 years 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 111 Lithuania 76.03 years compare
  2. 112 Romania 75.94 years compare
  3. 114 Armenia 75.68 years compare
  4. 115 Bulgaria 75.64 years compare
  5. 116 United States Virgin Islands 75.47 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Brazil?
Life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Brazil was 75.85 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 vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 75.85 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 29 years in 1900.
How does Brazil rank for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
Brazil ranks 113th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil 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 vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
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

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.