France vs Italy: Life expectancy by sex
France
86.09 years
in 2023
Italy
85.75 years
in 2023
France rank
13th
Italy rank
15th
Life expectancy by sex over time
- France
- Italy
How they compare
France currently reports 86.09 years against 85.75 years in Italy, a difference of 0.34 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 152 shared years of data; in 1872 it was France ahead.
France ranks 13th and Italy ranks 15th of 236 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 44.42 years | 32.97 years | 11.45 years | France |
| 1880s | 44.86 years | 35.83 years | 9.03 years | France |
| 1890s | 46.8 years | 40.71 years | 6.08 years | France |
| 1900s | 49.9 years | 44.15 years | 5.75 years | France |
| 1910s | 51.42 years | 45.52 years | 5.9 years | France |
| 1920s | 56.42 years | 51.58 years | 4.84 years | France |
| 1930s | 60.94 years | 57.27 years | 3.67 years | France |
| 1940s | 61.99 years | 60.11 years | 1.88 years | France |
| 1950s | 71.18 years | 69.35 years | 1.83 years | France |
| 1960s | 74.59 years | 72.95 years | 1.64 years | France |
| 1970s | 76.91 years | 75.91 years | 0.9932 years | France |
| 1980s | 79.46 years | 78.75 years | 0.705 years | France |
| 1990s | 81.81 years | 81.18 years | 0.6324 years | France |
| 2000s | 83.67 years | 83.49 years | 0.1801 years | France |
| 2010s | 85.19 years | 84.9 years | 0.296 years | France |
| 2020s | 85.52 years | 84.93 years | 0.5894 years | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy by sex, France or Italy?
- France, at 86.09 years against 85.75 years in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between France and Italy?
- 0.34 years, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
- 152 years are reported by both, from 1872 to 2023.
- How do France and Italy rank globally for life expectancy by sex?
- France ranks 13th and Italy ranks 15th 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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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.