Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Israel or Norway?

Norway, at 84.85 years against 84.59 years in Israel as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Norway?

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.

Israel vs Norway: Life expectancy by sex

Israel

84.59 years

in 2023

Norway

84.85 years

in 2023

Israel rank

31st

Norway rank

28th

Life expectancy by sex over time

Israel
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 84.85 years against 84.59 years in Israel, a difference of 0.26 years.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.

Israel ranks 31st and Norway ranks 28th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1950s	69.09 years	74.97 years	5.88 years	Norway
1960s	71.79 years	76.32 years	4.53 years	Norway
1970s	74.1 years	78.02 years	3.93 years	Norway
1980s	77.52 years	79.53 years	2.02 years	Norway
1990s	80.07 years	80.63 years	0.5653 years	Norway
2000s	82.3 years	82.25 years	0.0521 years	Israel
2010s	84.2 years	83.95 years	0.2593 years	Israel
2020s	84.65 years	84.7 years	0.0489 years	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Israel or Norway?: Norway, at 84.85 years against 84.59 years in Israel as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Israel and Norway?: 0.26 years, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Norway?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Israel and Norway rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Israel ranks 31st and Norway ranks 28th 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.