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Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita was 81.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
81.3 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
46th
of 236 countries
All-time high
81.44 years
in 2019
All-time low
22.38 years
in 1558
Years of data
242
1543–2023

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in United Kingdom, 1543–2023

20406080154317832023

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 vs. gdp per capita in United Kingdom is 81.3 years, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in United Kingdom peaked at 81.44 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 22.38 years, in 1558.

United Kingdom ranks 46th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 242 years of available data.

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in United Kingdom, year by year

Year years Change
1543 33.94 years —
1548 38.82 years +14.4%
1553 39.59 years +2.0%
1558 22.38 years -43.5%
1563 36.66 years +63.8%
1568 39.67 years +8.2%
1573 41.06 years +3.5%
1578 41.56 years +1.2%
1583 42.7 years +2.7%
1588 37.05 years -13.2%
1593 38.05 years +2.7%
1598 37.82 years -0.6%
1603 38.53 years +1.9%
1608 39.59 years +2.8%
1613 36.79 years -7.1%
1618 40.31 years +9.6%
1623 33.39 years -17.2%
1628 39.69 years +18.9%
1633 39.72 years +0.1%
1638 34.03 years -14.3%
1643 36.32 years +6.7%
1648 39.74 years +9.4%
1653 39.14 years -1.5%
1658 33.04 years -15.6%
1663 33.27 years +0.7%
1668 32.48 years -2.4%
1673 37.41 years +15.2%
1678 32.4 years -13.4%
1683 31.27 years -3.5%
1688 35.93 years +14.9%
1693 36.35 years +1.2%
1698 38.06 years +4.7%
1703 38.47 years +1.1%
1708 38.5 years +0.1%
1713 36.89 years -4.2%
1718 35.75 years -3.1%
1723 35.49 years -0.7%
1728 25.34 years -28.6%
1733 36.34 years +43.4%
1738 35.26 years -3.0%
1743 34.27 years -2.8%
1748 36.47 years +6.4%
1753 39.77 years +9.0%
1758 38.12 years -4.1%
1763 35.37 years -7.2%
1768 36.19 years +2.3%
1773 39.09 years +8.0%
1778 37.74 years -3.5%
1783 35.81 years -5.1%
1788 38.97 years +8.8%
1793 37.92 years -2.7%
1798 38.93 years +2.7%
1803 40.02 years +2.8%
1808 40.58 years +1.4%
1813 41.25 years +1.7%
1818 40.84 years -1.0%
1823 40.47 years -0.9%
1828 41.43 years +2.4%
1833 40.89 years -1.3%
1838 40.56 years -0.8%
1842 40.99 years +1.1%
1843 41.56 years +1.4%
1844 41.24 years -0.8%
1845 42.17 years +2.3%
1846 40.15 years -4.8%
1847 38.52 years -4.1%
1848 39.89 years +3.6%
1849 37.68 years -5.5%
1850 42.77 years +13.5%
1851 40.95 years -4.3%
1852 40.41 years -1.3%
1853 39.98 years -1.1%
1854 39.48 years -1.3%
1855 40.74 years +3.2%
1856 42.47 years +4.2%
1857 40.92 years -3.6%
1858 39.55 years -3.4%
1859 40.41 years +2.2%
1860 41.95 years +3.8%
1861 41.62 years -0.8%
1862 42.13 years +1.2%
1863 40.37 years -4.2%
1864 39.59 years -1.9%
1865 39.75 years +0.4%
1866 40.09 years +0.8%
1867 41.99 years +4.8%
1868 41.7 years -0.7%
1869 41.34 years -0.9%
1870 40.6 years -1.8%
1871 41.13 years +1.3%
1872 42.72 years +3.9%
1873 43.29 years +1.3%
1874 42.1 years -2.7%
1875 41.45 years -1.6%
1876 42.66 years +2.9%
1877 43.69 years +2.4%
1878 42.04 years -3.8%
1879 43.51 years +3.5%
1880 42.98 years -1.2%
1881 45.05 years +4.8%
1882 43.98 years -2.4%
1883 44.02 years +0.1%
1884 43.63 years -0.9%
1885 44.57 years +2.1%
1886 44.59 years +0.0%
1887 45.08 years +1.1%
1888 46.28 years +2.7%
1889 45.93 years -0.8%
1890 44.12 years -3.9%
1891 44.43 years +0.7%
1892 45.59 years +2.6%
1893 44.68 years -2.0%
1894 48.27 years +8.0%
1895 45.41 years -5.9%
1896 47.07 years +3.7%
1897 46.45 years -1.3%
1898 46.14 years -0.7%
1899 45.24 years -1.9%
1900 45.62 years +0.8%
1901 46.93 years +2.9%
1902 48.35 years +3.0%
1903 49.54 years +2.5%
1904 48.15 years -2.8%
1905 49.92 years +3.7%
1906 49.59 years -0.7%
1907 50.56 years +2.0%
1908 51.02 years +0.9%
1909 51.67 years +1.3%
1910 53.26 years +3.1%
1911 51.23 years -3.8%
1912 54.31 years +6.0%
1913 53.35 years -1.8%
1914 53.21 years -0.3%
1915 51.2 years -3.8%
1916 54.24 years +5.9%
1917 54.16 years -0.2%
1918 47.27 years -12.7%
1919 54.31 years +14.9%
1920 57.26 years +5.4%
1921 58.09 years +1.4%
1922 57.02 years -1.8%
1923 59.3 years +4.0%
1924 58.07 years -2.1%
1925 58.42 years +0.6%
1926 59.56 years +2.0%
1927 58.95 years -1.0%
1928 59.91 years +1.6%
1929 57.62 years -3.8%
1930 60.77 years +5.5%
1931 60 years -1.3%
1932 60.52 years +0.9%
1933 60.58 years +0.1%
1934 61.3 years +1.2%
1935 61.96 years +1.1%
1936 61.75 years -0.3%
1937 61.79 years +0.1%
1938 63.23 years +2.3%
1939 63.61 years +0.6%
1940 60.9 years -4.3%
1941 61.29 years +0.6%
1942 63.98 years +4.4%
1943 64.04 years +0.1%
1944 64.8 years +1.2%
1945 65.76 years +1.5%
1946 66.24 years +0.7%
1947 66.44 years +0.3%
1948 68.37 years +2.9%
1949 68.11 years -0.4%
1950 68.63 years +0.8%
1951 68.24 years -0.6%
1952 69.53 years +1.9%
1953 69.8 years +0.4%
1954 70.17 years +0.5%
1955 70.13 years -0.1%
1956 70.41 years +0.4%
1957 70.52 years +0.2%
1958 70.7 years +0.3%
1959 70.83 years +0.2%
1960 71.03 years +0.3%
1961 70.79 years -0.3%
1962 70.86 years +0.1%
1963 70.76 years -0.1%
1964 71.54 years +1.1%
1965 71.52 years -0.0%
1966 71.43 years -0.1%
1967 72.07 years +0.9%
1968 71.68 years -0.5%
1969 71.66 years -0.0%
1970 71.88 years +0.3%
1971 72.23 years +0.5%
1972 71.99 years -0.3%
1973 72.18 years +0.3%
1974 72.38 years +0.3%
1975 72.65 years +0.4%
1976 72.63 years -0.0%
1977 73.11 years +0.7%
1978 73.04 years -0.1%
1979 73.16 years +0.2%
1980 73.59 years +0.6%
1981 73.92 years +0.4%
1982 74.04 years +0.2%
1983 74.29 years +0.3%
1984 74.67 years +0.5%
1985 74.54 years -0.2%
1986 74.79 years +0.3%
1987 75.15 years +0.5%
1988 75.26 years +0.1%
1989 75.4 years +0.2%
1990 75.74 years +0.5%
1991 75.91 years +0.2%
1992 76.31 years +0.5%
1993 76.16 years -0.2%
1994 76.72 years +0.7%
1995 76.61 years -0.1%
1996 76.87 years +0.3%
1997 77.14 years +0.3%
1998 77.27 years +0.2%
1999 77.37 years +0.1%
2000 77.85 years +0.6%
2001 78.12 years +0.3%
2002 78.24 years +0.1%
2003 78.33 years +0.1%
2004 78.9 years +0.7%
2005 79.11 years +0.3%
2006 79.35 years +0.3%
2007 79.53 years +0.2%
2008 79.66 years +0.2%
2009 80.16 years +0.6%
2010 80.39 years +0.3%
2011 80.8 years +0.5%
2012 80.86 years +0.1%
2013 80.92 years +0.1%
2014 81.15 years +0.3%
2015 80.92 years -0.3%
2016 81.07 years +0.2%
2017 81.16 years +0.1%
2018 81.12 years -0.1%
2019 81.44 years +0.4%
2020 80.39 years -1.3%
2021 80.71 years +0.4%
2022 81.07 years +0.5%
2023 81.3 years +0.3%

United Kingdom compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom's 81.3 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom's 81.3 years is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79.72 years, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in United Kingdom changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1563 +63.8% 22.38 years 36.66 years
1558 -43.5% 39.59 years 22.38 years
1733 +43.4% 25.34 years 36.34 years
1728 -28.6% 35.49 years 25.34 years

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1540s 36.38 years 33.94 years 38.82 years 2
1550s 30.98 years 22.38 years 39.59 years 2
1560s 38.16 years 36.66 years 39.67 years 2
1570s 41.31 years 41.06 years 41.56 years 2
1580s 39.88 years 37.05 years 42.7 years 2
1590s 37.94 years 37.82 years 38.05 years 2
1600s 39.06 years 38.53 years 39.59 years 2
1610s 38.55 years 36.79 years 40.31 years 2
1620s 36.54 years 33.39 years 39.69 years 2
1630s 36.88 years 34.03 years 39.72 years 2
1640s 38.03 years 36.32 years 39.74 years 2
1650s 36.09 years 33.04 years 39.14 years 2
1660s 32.88 years 32.48 years 33.27 years 2
1670s 34.91 years 32.4 years 37.41 years 2
1680s 33.6 years 31.27 years 35.93 years 2
1690s 37.2 years 36.35 years 38.06 years 2
1700s 38.48 years 38.47 years 38.5 years 2
1710s 36.32 years 35.75 years 36.89 years 2
1720s 30.41 years 25.34 years 35.49 years 2
1730s 35.8 years 35.26 years 36.34 years 2
1740s 35.37 years 34.27 years 36.47 years 2
1750s 38.95 years 38.12 years 39.77 years 2
1760s 35.78 years 35.37 years 36.19 years 2
1770s 38.42 years 37.74 years 39.09 years 2
1780s 37.39 years 35.81 years 38.97 years 2
1790s 38.42 years 37.92 years 38.93 years 2
1800s 40.3 years 40.02 years 40.58 years 2
1810s 41.05 years 40.84 years 41.25 years 2
1820s 40.95 years 40.47 years 41.43 years 2
1830s 40.73 years 40.56 years 40.89 years 2
1840s 40.27 years 37.68 years 42.17 years 8
1850s 40.77 years 39.48 years 42.77 years 10
1860s 41.05 years 39.59 years 42.13 years 10
1870s 42.32 years 40.6 years 43.69 years 10
1880s 44.61 years 42.98 years 46.28 years 10
1890s 45.74 years 44.12 years 48.27 years 10
1900s 49.14 years 45.62 years 51.67 years 10
1910s 52.65 years 47.27 years 54.31 years 10
1920s 58.42 years 57.02 years 59.91 years 10
1930s 61.55 years 60 years 63.61 years 10
1940s 64.99 years 60.9 years 68.37 years 10
1950s 69.9 years 68.24 years 70.83 years 10
1960s 71.33 years 70.76 years 72.07 years 10
1970s 72.53 years 71.88 years 73.16 years 10
1980s 74.56 years 73.59 years 75.4 years 10
1990s 76.61 years 75.74 years 77.37 years 10
2000s 78.92 years 77.85 years 80.16 years 10
2010s 80.98 years 80.39 years 81.44 years 10
2020s 80.87 years 80.39 years 81.3 years 4

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 43 Cyprus 81.65 years compare
  2. 44 Slovenia 81.6 years compare
  3. 45 Germany 81.38 years compare
  4. 47 Bahrain 81.28 years compare
  5. 48 Chile 81.17 years compare
  6. 49 Maldives 81.04 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in United Kingdom?
Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in United Kingdom was 81.3 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. gdp per capita recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 81.44 years in 2019.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 22.38 years in 1558.
How does United Kingdom rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
United Kingdom ranks 46th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom 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. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
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.