Italy vs Switzerland: Life expectancy by sex
Italy
85.75 years
in 2023
Switzerland
85.83 years
in 2023
Italy rank
15th
Switzerland rank
14th
Life expectancy by sex over time
- Italy
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 85.83 years against 85.75 years in Italy, a difference of 0.08 years.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1876 it was Switzerland ahead.
Italy ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 14th of 236 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 34.49 years | 42.19 years | 7.69 years | Switzerland |
| 1880s | 35.83 years | 45.55 years | 9.72 years | Switzerland |
| 1890s | 40.71 years | 48.59 years | 7.88 years | Switzerland |
| 1900s | 44.15 years | 51.62 years | 7.48 years | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 45.52 years | 55.47 years | 9.95 years | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 51.58 years | 60.7 years | 9.12 years | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 57.27 years | 64.5 years | 7.23 years | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 60.11 years | 67.85 years | 7.73 years | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 69.35 years | 72.43 years | 3.08 years | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 72.95 years | 74.94 years | 1.99 years | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 75.91 years | 77.61 years | 1.7 years | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 78.75 years | 79.98 years | 1.23 years | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 81.18 years | 81.69 years | 0.5094 years | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 83.49 years | 83.48 years | 0.0175 years | Italy |
| 2010s | 84.9 years | 84.99 years | 0.0921 years | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 84.93 years | 85.47 years | 0.5388 years | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Italy or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 85.83 years against 85.75 years in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Italy and Switzerland?
- 0.08 years, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1876 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for life expectancy by sex?
- Italy ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 14th 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.