Italy vs South Korea: Life expectancy at birth, total

Italy
83.95 years
in 2024
South Korea
83.63 years
in 2024
Italy rank
11th
South Korea rank
14th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Italy
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 83.95 years against 83.63 years in South Korea, a difference of 0.3219 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Globally, Italy ranks 11th and South Korea ranks 14th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.