Life expectancy in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein: Life expectancy was 83.63 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
83.63 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
14th
of 236 countries
All-time high
83.63 years
in 2023
All-time low
65.34 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy in Liechtenstein, 1950–2023

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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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Liechtenstein

  1. 11 Singapore 83.74 years compare
  2. 12 Italy 83.72 years compare
  3. 13 Spain 83.67 years compare
  4. 15 Gibraltar 83.55 years compare
  5. 16 Reunion 83.55 years compare
  6. 17 France 83.33 years compare

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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

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
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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.