Life expectancy in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein: Life expectancy was 83.63 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Liechtenstein, 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
Liechtenstein recorded 83.63 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Liechtenstein peaked at 83.63 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 65.34 years, in 1950.
Liechtenstein ranks 14th 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 | 67.93 years | 65.34 years | 70.6 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 71.46 years | 70.88 years | 72.55 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 74 years | 72.82 years | 74.77 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.47 years | 74.78 years | 78.28 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.16 years | 77.6 years | 78.66 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.65 years | 78.58 years | 81.94 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.68 years | 82.05 years | 83.4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.96 years | 82.04 years | 83.63 years | 4 |
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More health data for Liechtenstein
- Population ages 15-64, male 13,220 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 13,198 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 160 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 204 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 26,419 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 204 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 172 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 205 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 64.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Liechtenstein?
- Life expectancy in Liechtenstein was 83.63 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 Liechtenstein?
- The highest recorded value was 83.63 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.34 years in 1950.
- How does Liechtenstein rank for life expectancy?
- Liechtenstein ranks 14th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Liechtenstein?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liechtenstein 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
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.