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

Portugal, at 85.12 years against 84.85 years in Norway as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Norway and Portugal?

0.27 years, with Portugal ahead.

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

84 years are reported by both, from 1940 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.

Norway vs Portugal: Life expectancy by sex

Norway

84.85 years

in 2023

Portugal

85.12 years

in 2023

Norway rank

28th

Portugal rank

26th

Life expectancy by sex over time

Norway
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 85.12 years against 84.85 years in Norway, a difference of 0.27 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 26th of 236 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 8 and Portugal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Norway	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1940s	70.26 years	55.2 years	15.06 years	Norway
1950s	74.97 years	63.67 years	11.31 years	Norway
1960s	76.32 years	68.24 years	8.08 years	Norway
1970s	78.02 years	72.48 years	5.55 years	Norway
1980s	79.53 years	76.64 years	2.89 years	Norway
1990s	80.63 years	78.96 years	1.68 years	Norway
2000s	82.25 years	81.7 years	0.5482 years	Norway
2010s	83.95 years	84.11 years	0.1646 years	Portugal
2020s	84.7 years	84.44 years	0.2591 years	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Norway or Portugal?: Portugal, at 85.12 years against 84.85 years in Norway as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Norway and Portugal?: 0.27 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Portugal?: 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
How do Norway and Portugal rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Norway ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 26th 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.