Life expectancy in Reunion
Reunion: Life expectancy was 83.55 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Reunion, 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
The most recent figure for life expectancy in Reunion is 83.55 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Reunion peaked at 83.55 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 47.56 years, in 1950.
Reunion ranks 16th 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 | 52.61 years | 47.56 years | 56.18 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.57 years | 57.66 years | 62.85 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 65.84 years | 63.2 years | 68.82 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.06 years | 69.37 years | 73.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.54 years | 74.19 years | 76.84 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.16 years | 77.01 years | 80.03 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.68 years | 80.47 years | 82.32 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.28 years | 81.5 years | 83.55 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Reunion
More health data for Reunion
- Life expectancy at age 15 92.16 years (2100)
- Life expectancy vs. health spending 83.55 years (2023)
- Lung cancer death rates 6.77 deaths per 100,000 people (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Reunion?
- Life expectancy in Reunion was 83.55 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 Reunion?
- The highest recorded value was 83.55 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Reunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.56 years in 1950.
- How does Reunion rank for life expectancy?
- Reunion ranks 16th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Reunion?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Reunion 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.