What is life expectancy in Netherlands?

Life expectancy in Netherlands was 82.16 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 Netherlands?

The highest recorded value was 82.16 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Netherlands?

The lowest recorded value was 30.91 years in 1859.

How does Netherlands rank for life expectancy?

Netherlands ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Netherlands?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Netherlands 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 Netherlands

Name: Life expectancy in Netherlands
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)

Netherlands: Life expectancy was 82.16 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

82.16 years

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

34th

of 236 countries

All-time high

82.16 years

in 2023

All-time low

30.91 years

in 1859

Years of data

174

1850–2023

Life expectancy in Netherlands, 1850–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Netherlands recorded 82.16 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 174 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Netherlands peaked at 82.16 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.91 years, in 1859.

Netherlands ranks 34th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 174 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1850s	37.03 years	30.91 years	40.14 years	10
1860s	37.55 years	33.69 years	40.43 years	10
1870s	39.15 years	33.01 years	42.08 years	10
1880s	42.96 years	40.41 years	44.98 years	10
1890s	46.87 years	43.95 years	49.43 years	10
1900s	51.64 years	48.48 years	54.92 years	10
1910s	55.15 years	47.63 years	57.35 years	10
1920s	61.69 years	57.98 years	63.71 years	10
1930s	66.23 years	64.32 years	67.72 years	10
1940s	65.62 years	55.58 years	71.04 years	10
1950s	72.35 years	71.44 years	73.19 years	10
1960s	73.54 years	73.22 years	73.83 years	10
1970s	74.54 years	73.63 years	75.65 years	10
1980s	76.38 years	75.77 years	77 years	10
1990s	77.51 years	77.01 years	78 years	10
2000s	79.34 years	78.13 years	80.67 years	10
2010s	81.46 years	80.83 years	82.05 years	10
2020s	81.7 years	81.36 years	82.16 years	4

Countries ranked near Netherlands

31 Portugal 82.36 years compare
32 Bermuda 82.31 years compare
33 Luxembourg 82.23 years compare
35 Belgium 82.11 years compare
36 New Zealand 82.09 years compare
37 Guadeloupe 82.05 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Netherlands

Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 90,083 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 91,981 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 94,743 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 89,980 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 94,480 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 90,054 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 94,360 (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 88,912 (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 88,113 (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 92,384 (2025)

All data for Netherlands →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Netherlands?: Life expectancy in Netherlands was 82.16 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 Netherlands?: The highest recorded value was 82.16 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Netherlands?: The lowest recorded value was 30.91 years in 1859.
How does Netherlands rank for life expectancy?: Netherlands ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Netherlands?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Netherlands 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.