Australia vs Spain: Life expectancy vs. health spending

Australia

83.92 years

in 2023

Spain

83.67 years

in 2023

Australia rank

10th

Spain rank

13th

Life expectancy vs. health spending over time

Australia currently reports 83.92 years against 83.67 years in Spain, a difference of 0.253 years.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 10th and Spain ranks 13th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy vs. health spending
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.