What is life expectancy in Slovenia?

Life expectancy in Slovenia was 81.6 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 Slovenia?

The highest recorded value was 81.6 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Slovenia?

The lowest recorded value was 61.82 years in 1950.

How does Slovenia rank for life expectancy?

Slovenia ranks 44th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Slovenia?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Slovenia 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 Slovenia

Name: Life expectancy in Slovenia
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)

Slovenia: Life expectancy was 81.6 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

81.6 years

Change on year

up 1.0%

World rank

44th

of 236 countries

All-time high

81.6 years

in 2023

All-time low

61.82 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Slovenia, 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 Slovenia stood at 81.6 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Slovenia peaked at 81.6 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61.82 years, in 1950.

Slovenia ranks 44th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	65.48 years	61.82 years	68.15 years	10
1960s	68.71 years	68.49 years	68.97 years	10
1970s	70.76 years	69.05 years	71.63 years	10
1980s	71.97 years	71.19 years	73.29 years	10
1990s	74.26 years	73.42 years	75.45 years	10
2000s	77.28 years	75.83 years	79.03 years	10
2010s	80.25 years	79.3 years	81.01 years	10
2020s	80.8 years	80.36 years	81.6 years	4

Countries ranked near Slovenia

41 Greece 81.86 years compare
42 Puerto Rico 81.69 years compare
43 Cyprus 81.65 years compare
45 Germany 81.38 years compare
46 United Kingdom 81.3 years compare
47 Bahrain 81.28 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Slovenia

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Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 11,305 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 11,719 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 11,137 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 11,442 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 10,904 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 11,107 (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 10,864 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 10,507 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 11,859 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Slovenia?: Life expectancy in Slovenia was 81.6 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 Slovenia?: The highest recorded value was 81.6 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Slovenia?: The lowest recorded value was 61.82 years in 1950.
How does Slovenia rank for life expectancy?: Slovenia ranks 44th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Slovenia?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Slovenia 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.