How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Peru?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

British Virgin Islands vs Peru: Life expectancy by sex

British Virgin Islands

80.05 years

in 2023

Peru

80.12 years

in 2023

British Virgin Islands rank

95th

Peru rank

94th

Life expectancy by sex over time

British Virgin Islands
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 80.12 years against 80.05 years in British Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was British Virgin Islands ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 95th and Peru ranks 94th of 236 countries.

British Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	British Virgin Islands	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1950s	59.19 years	49.39 years	9.8 years	British Virgin Islands
1960s	66.94 years	54.99 years	11.94 years	British Virgin Islands
1970s	70.84 years	58.62 years	12.22 years	British Virgin Islands
1980s	73.28 years	63.8 years	9.48 years	British Virgin Islands
1990s	76.12 years	68.61 years	7.52 years	British Virgin Islands
2000s	78.16 years	73.72 years	4.43 years	British Virgin Islands
2010s	79.25 years	77.29 years	1.96 years	British Virgin Islands
2020s	79.49 years	77.88 years	1.61 years	British Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, British Virgin Islands or Peru?: Peru, at 80.12 years against 80.05 years in British Virgin Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between British Virgin Islands and Peru?: 0.07 years, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Peru?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do British Virgin Islands and Peru rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: British Virgin Islands ranks 95th and Peru ranks 94th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy by sex
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.