What is life expectancy in Jersey?

Life expectancy in Jersey was 79.71 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 Jersey?

The highest recorded value was 80.72 years in 2013.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Jersey?

The lowest recorded value was 69.42 years in 1950.

How does Jersey rank for life expectancy?

Jersey ranks 59th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Jersey?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Jersey 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.

Life expectancy in Jersey

Name: Life expectancy in Jersey
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Jersey: Life expectancy was 79.71 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

79.71 years

Change on year

down 0.0%

World rank

59th

of 236 countries

All-time high

80.72 years

in 2013

All-time low

69.42 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Jersey, 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

Jersey recorded 79.71 years for life expectancy in 2023.

The figure is down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Jersey peaked at 80.72 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 69.42 years, in 1950.

Jersey ranks 59th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	70.1 years	69.42 years	70.51 years	10
1960s	71 years	70.49 years	71.32 years	10
1970s	71.73 years	71.12 years	72.34 years	10
1980s	74.44 years	72.73 years	75.8 years	10
1990s	77.18 years	76.09 years	78.23 years	10
2000s	79.49 years	78.42 years	80.4 years	10
2010s	80.43 years	79.89 years	80.72 years	10
2020s	79.55 years	79.32 years	79.73 years	4

Countries ranked near Jersey

56 Faroe Islands 80.18 years compare
57 Oman 80.03 years compare
58 Czechia 79.83 years compare
60 Albania 79.6 years compare
61 Panama 79.59 years compare
62 Anguilla 79.31 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Jersey

Life expectancy at age 15 90.19 years (2100)
Life expectancy vs. health spending 79.71 years (2023)

All data for Jersey →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Jersey?: Life expectancy in Jersey was 79.71 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 Jersey?: The highest recorded value was 80.72 years in 2013.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Jersey?: The lowest recorded value was 69.42 years in 1950.
How does Jersey rank for life expectancy?: Jersey ranks 59th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Jersey?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Jersey 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

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.