Life expectancy in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein: Life expectancy was 83.63 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
83.63 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
14th
of 236 countries
All-time high
83.63 years
in 2023
All-time low
65.34 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy in Liechtenstein, 1950–2023

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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

Liechtenstein recorded 83.63 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Liechtenstein peaked at 83.63 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 65.34 years, in 1950.

Liechtenstein ranks 14th 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 in Liechtenstein, year by year

Annual values for Life expectancy in Liechtenstein, 1950 to 2023.
Year years Change
1950 65.34 years
1951 65.85 years +0.8%
1952 66.23 years +0.6%
1953 66.89 years +1.0%
1954 67.55 years +1.0%
1955 68.31 years +1.1%
1956 68.89 years +0.9%
1957 69.58 years +1.0%
1958 70.11 years +0.8%
1959 70.6 years +0.7%
1960 70.9 years +0.4%
1961 70.97 years +0.1%
1962 70.88 years -0.1%
1963 70.93 years +0.1%
1964 71.07 years +0.2%
1965 71.24 years +0.2%
1966 71.64 years +0.6%
1967 72.02 years +0.5%
1968 72.35 years +0.5%
1969 72.55 years +0.3%
1970 72.82 years +0.4%
1971 73.03 years +0.3%
1972 73.37 years +0.5%
1973 73.65 years +0.4%
1974 74.02 years +0.5%
1975 74.33 years +0.4%
1976 74.57 years +0.3%
1977 74.77 years +0.3%
1978 74.71 years -0.1%
1979 74.74 years +0.0%
1980 74.78 years +0.1%
1981 74.95 years +0.2%
1982 75.06 years +0.2%
1983 75.71 years +0.9%
1984 76.19 years +0.6%
1985 76.73 years +0.7%
1986 77.23 years +0.6%
1987 77.75 years +0.7%
1988 77.99 years +0.3%
1989 78.28 years +0.4%
1990 78.51 years +0.3%
1991 78.66 years +0.2%
1992 78.65 years -0.0%
1993 78.45 years -0.3%
1994 78.18 years -0.3%
1995 77.92 years -0.3%
1996 77.67 years -0.3%
1997 77.6 years -0.1%
1998 77.81 years +0.3%
1999 78.15 years +0.4%
2000 78.58 years +0.5%
2001 79.19 years +0.8%
2002 79.76 years +0.7%
2003 80.24 years +0.6%
2004 80.73 years +0.6%
2005 81.12 years +0.5%
2006 81.4 years +0.4%
2007 81.64 years +0.3%
2008 81.86 years +0.3%
2009 81.94 years +0.1%
2010 82.05 years +0.1%
2011 82.16 years +0.1%
2012 82.25 years +0.1%
2013 82.37 years +0.1%
2014 82.55 years +0.2%
2015 82.76 years +0.3%
2016 82.89 years +0.2%
2017 83.11 years +0.3%
2018 83.27 years +0.2%
2019 83.4 years +0.2%
2020 82.04 years -1.6%
2021 82.79 years +0.9%
2022 83.41 years +0.7%
2023 83.63 years +0.3%

Liechtenstein compared with similar countries

  • Liechtenstein's 83.63 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • Liechtenstein's 83.63 years is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79.72 years, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 67.93 years 65.34 years 70.6 years 10
1960s 71.46 years 70.88 years 72.55 years 10
1970s 74 years 72.82 years 74.77 years 10
1980s 76.47 years 74.78 years 78.28 years 10
1990s 78.16 years 77.6 years 78.66 years 10
2000s 80.65 years 78.58 years 81.94 years 10
2010s 82.68 years 82.05 years 83.4 years 10
2020s 82.96 years 82.04 years 83.63 years 4

Countries ranked near Liechtenstein

  1. 11 Singapore 83.74 years compare
  2. 12 Italy 83.72 years compare
  3. 13 Spain 83.67 years compare
  4. 15 Gibraltar 83.55 years compare
  5. 16 Reunion 83.55 years compare
  6. 17 France 83.33 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Liechtenstein?
Life expectancy in Liechtenstein was 83.63 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 Liechtenstein?
The highest recorded value was 83.63 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Liechtenstein?
The lowest recorded value was 65.34 years in 1950.
How does Liechtenstein rank for life expectancy?
Liechtenstein ranks 14th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Liechtenstein?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Liechtenstein 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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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.