What is life expectancy in Singapore?

Life expectancy in Singapore was 83.74 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 Singapore?

The highest recorded value was 83.74 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Singapore?

The lowest recorded value was 54.09 years in 1950.

How does Singapore rank for life expectancy?

Singapore ranks 11th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Singapore?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Singapore 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 Singapore

Name: Life expectancy in Singapore
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)

Singapore: Life expectancy was 83.74 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

83.74 years

Change on year

up 1.0%

World rank

11th

of 236 countries

All-time high

83.74 years

in 2023

All-time low

54.09 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Singapore, 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 Singapore is 83.74 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Singapore peaked at 83.74 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 54.09 years, in 1950.

Singapore ranks 11th 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	59.87 years	54.09 years	64.79 years	10
1960s	66.75 years	65.3 years	68.08 years	10
1970s	69.95 years	68.5 years	71.36 years	10
1980s	72.94 years	71.53 years	74.33 years	10
1990s	75.84 years	74.6 years	77.27 years	10
2000s	79.79 years	77.75 years	81.43 years	10
2010s	82.67 years	81.65 years	83.66 years	10
2020s	83.45 years	82.92 years	83.74 years	4

Countries ranked near Singapore

8 Andorra 84.04 years compare
9 Switzerland 83.95 years compare
10 Australia 83.92 years compare
12 Italy 83.72 years compare
13 Spain 83.67 years compare
14 Liechtenstein 83.63 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Singapore

Population ages 15-64, male 2.39 million (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 24,085 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 22,244 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 22,570 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 21,250 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 4.53 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 75.7% (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 22,792 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 22,762 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 21,576 (2025)

All data for Singapore →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Singapore?: Life expectancy in Singapore was 83.74 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 Singapore?: The highest recorded value was 83.74 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Singapore?: The lowest recorded value was 54.09 years in 1950.
How does Singapore rank for life expectancy?: Singapore ranks 11th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Singapore?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Singapore 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.