Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Kuwait or United States?

United States, at 81.85 years against 81.85 years in Kuwait as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Kuwait and United States?

0 years, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and United States?

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.

Kuwait vs United States: Life expectancy by sex

Kuwait

81.85 years

in 2023

United States

81.85 years

in 2023

Kuwait rank

64th

United States rank

63rd

Life expectancy by sex over time

Kuwait
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 81.85 years against 81.85 years in Kuwait, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

Kuwait ranks 64th and United States ranks 63rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 1 and United States in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	United States	Difference	Ahead
1950s	56.08 years	72.31 years	16.23 years	United States
1960s	65.51 years	73.86 years	8.35 years	United States
1970s	72.04 years	76.1 years	4.06 years	United States
1980s	75.87 years	78.13 years	2.26 years	United States
1990s	77.85 years	79.14 years	1.3 years	United States
2000s	78.81 years	80.07 years	1.26 years	United States
2010s	80.57 years	81.21 years	0.6379 years	United States
2020s	80.52 years	80.47 years	0.0502 years	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Kuwait or United States?: United States, at 81.85 years against 81.85 years in Kuwait as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Kuwait and United States?: 0 years, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and United States?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and United States rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Kuwait ranks 64th and United States ranks 63rd 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.