What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between United States of America and Uruguay?

0.07 years, with Uruguay ahead.

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

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.

United States of America vs Uruguay: Life expectancy by sex

United States of America

81.85 years

in 2023

Uruguay

81.92 years

in 2023

United States of America rank

63rd

Uruguay rank

61st

Life expectancy by sex over time

United States of America
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 81.92 years against 81.85 years in United States of America, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States of America ahead.

United States of America ranks 63rd and Uruguay ranks 61st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States of America	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	72.31 years	69.86 years	2.45 years	United States of America
1960s	73.86 years	71.51 years	2.35 years	United States of America
1970s	76.1 years	73.14 years	2.96 years	United States of America
1980s	78.13 years	75.61 years	2.52 years	United States of America
1990s	79.14 years	77.63 years	1.51 years	United States of America
2000s	80.07 years	79.6 years	0.4683 years	United States of America
2010s	81.21 years	80.96 years	0.252 years	United States of America
2020s	80.47 years	80.97 years	0.5011 years	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, United States of America or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 81.92 years against 81.85 years in United States of America as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between United States of America and Uruguay?: 0.07 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do United States of America and Uruguay rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: United States of America ranks 63rd and Uruguay ranks 61st 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.