What is life expectancy in Spain?

Life expectancy in Spain was 83.67 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 Spain?

The highest recorded value was 83.67 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Spain?

The lowest recorded value was 29.5 years in 1882.

How does Spain rank for life expectancy?

Spain ranks 13th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Spain?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Spain 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 Spain

Name: Life expectancy in Spain
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)

Spain: Life expectancy was 83.67 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

83.67 years

Change on year

up 1.6%

World rank

13th

of 236 countries

All-time high

83.67 years

in 2023

All-time low

29.5 years

in 1882

Years of data

119

1882–2023

Life expectancy in Spain, 1882–2023

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

Analysis

Spain recorded 83.67 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 119 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Spain peaked at 83.67 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29.5 years, in 1882.

Spain ranks 13th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 119 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1880s	29.5 years	29.5 years	29.5 years	1
1890s	32.1 years	32.1 years	32.1 years	1
1900s	39.07 years	34.8 years	41.41 years	3
1910s	41.04 years	30.36 years	43.91 years	10
1920s	45.79 years	39.38 years	49.49 years	10
1930s	49.93 years	47.23 years	52.65 years	10
1940s	55.61 years	47.25 years	61.31 years	10
1950s	65.82 years	61.48 years	68.78 years	10
1960s	70.49 years	69.21 years	71.67 years	10
1970s	73.38 years	71.74 years	74.99 years	10
1980s	76.41 years	75.53 years	77 years	10
1990s	78.08 years	77 years	78.94 years	10
2000s	80.42 years	79.41 years	81.63 years	10
2010s	82.71 years	82.01 years	83.48 years	10
2020s	82.81 years	82.24 years	83.67 years	4

Countries ranked near Spain

10 Australia 83.92 years compare
11 Singapore 83.74 years compare
12 Italy 83.72 years compare
14 Liechtenstein 83.63 years compare
15 Gibraltar 83.55 years compare
16 Reunion 83.55 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Spain

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 223,626 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 243,150 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 252,854 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 238,344 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 247,009 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 232,525 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 237,061 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 231,084 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 67.5% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 32.45 million (2025)

All data for Spain →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Spain?: Life expectancy in Spain was 83.67 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 Spain?: The highest recorded value was 83.67 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Spain?: The lowest recorded value was 29.5 years in 1882.
How does Spain rank for life expectancy?: Spain ranks 13th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Spain?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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.