Life expectancy in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein: Life expectancy was 83.63 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Liechtenstein, 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
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More health data for Liechtenstein
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,058 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.3205 % change on previous year (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1 deaths (2100)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 0.5629 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3217 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population, male 49.7% (2025)
- Population, male 20,390 (2025)
- Population, female 50.3% (2025)
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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About this data
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.