What is life expectancy in San Marino?

Life expectancy in San Marino was 85.71 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 San Marino?

The highest recorded value was 85.71 years in 2022.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in San Marino?

The lowest recorded value was 71.59 years in 1950.

How does San Marino rank for life expectancy?

San Marino ranks 2nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in San Marino?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this San Marino 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 San Marino

Name: Life expectancy in San Marino
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)

San Marino: Life expectancy was 85.71 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

85.71 years

Change on year

down 0.0%

World rank

2nd

of 236 countries

All-time high

85.71 years

in 2022

All-time low

71.59 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in San Marino, 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

In 2023, life expectancy in San Marino stood at 85.71 years.

That represents a change of up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in San Marino peaked at 85.71 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 71.59 years, in 1950.

That places San Marino 2nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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	72.28 years	71.59 years	73.02 years	10
1960s	73.71 years	73.2 years	74.17 years	10
1970s	75.14 years	74.27 years	76.12 years	10
1980s	77.12 years	76.37 years	77.65 years	10
1990s	78.91 years	77.78 years	80.2 years	10
2000s	81.82 years	80.5 years	83.22 years	10
2010s	84.43 years	83.46 years	85.26 years	10
2020s	84.4 years	82.65 years	85.71 years	4

Countries ranked near San Marino

1 Monaco 86.37 years compare
3 Hong Kong 85.51 years compare
4 Japan 84.71 years compare
5 South Korea 84.33 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for San Marino

Population ages 65 and above 23.1% (2025)
Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 167 (2025)
Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 184 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, female 24.3% (2025)
Age population, age 22, female, interpolated 163 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 3,676 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 21.9% (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 7,896 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 195 (2025)
Population, female 17,336 (2025)

All data for San Marino →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in San Marino?: Life expectancy in San Marino was 85.71 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 San Marino?: The highest recorded value was 85.71 years in 2022.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in San Marino?: The lowest recorded value was 71.59 years in 1950.
How does San Marino rank for life expectancy?: San Marino ranks 2nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in San Marino?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this San Marino 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.