Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Reunion
Reunion: Remaining life expectancy at different ages was 83.55 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Reunion, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Reunion recorded 83.55 years for remaining life expectancy at different ages in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, remaining life expectancy at different ages in Reunion peaked at 83.55 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 47.56 years, in 1950.
Reunion ranks 16th 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 | 52.61 years | 47.56 years | 56.18 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.57 years | 57.66 years | 62.85 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 65.84 years | 63.2 years | 68.82 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.06 years | 69.37 years | 73.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.54 years | 74.19 years | 76.84 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.16 years | 77.01 years | 80.03 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.68 years | 80.47 years | 82.32 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.28 years | 81.5 years | 83.55 years | 4 |
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More health data for Reunion
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,035 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index 83.55 years (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. child mortality 2.17 live births per woman (2023)
- Life expectancy for people of different ages 83.55 years (2023)
- Life expectancy 83.55 years (2023)
- Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate 0.8% (2023)
- Life expectancy 83.55 years (2023)
- Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita 83.55 years (2023)
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index 0.9503 index (1994)
Frequently asked questions
- What is remaining life expectancy at different ages in Reunion?
- Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Reunion was 83.55 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest remaining life expectancy at different ages recorded in Reunion?
- The highest recorded value was 83.55 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest remaining life expectancy at different ages recorded in Reunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.56 years in 1950.
- How does Reunion rank for remaining life expectancy at different ages?
- Reunion ranks 16th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is remaining life expectancy at different ages rising or falling in Reunion?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Reunion data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Remaining life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.