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Values for 2024
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Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.1 years | 21.9 years | 20.2 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 20.9 years | 21.7 years | 20.0 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 20.4 years | 21.1 years | 19.4 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 20.1 years | 21.1 years | 19.1 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 20.1 years | 20.3 years | 19.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 20.6 years | 21.5 years | 20.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2018 | 20.4 years | 21.2 years | 19.8 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 20.4 years | 21.1 years | 19.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 20.1 years | 21.2 years | 19.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 20.1 years | 20.8 years | 19.7 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 20.2 yearsb (break in time series) | 21.1 yearsb (break in time series) | 19.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 19.9 years | 21.4 years | 19.7 years |
| 2012 | 19.6 years | 20.9 years | 19.5 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 19.9 years | 21.0 years | 19.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 19.3 years | 20.9 years | 19.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 19.2 years | 20.5 years | 19.2 years |
| 2008 | 18.9 years | 20.2 years | 19.0 years |
| 2007 | 18.8 years | 20.0 years | 18.9 years |
| 2006 | 18.7 years | 20.0 years | 18.7 years |
| 2005 | 18.0 years | 19.3 years | 18.3 years |
| 2004 | 18.3 years | 19.5 years | 18.3 years |
| 2003 | 17.6 years | 18.9 years | 17.8 years |
| 2002 | 17.7 years | 19.1 years | 17.8 years |
| 2001 | 17.7 years | 19.1 years | – |
| 2000 | 17.4 years | 18.8 years | – |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.