Canada vs Iceland: Life expectancy vs. health spending

Canada

82.63 years

in 2023

Iceland

82.69 years

in 2023

Canada rank

26th

Iceland rank

25th

Life expectancy vs. health spending over time

Iceland currently reports 82.69 years against 82.63 years in Canada, a difference of 0.061 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.

Globally, Canada ranks 26th and Iceland ranks 25th 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.