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Portugal × Spain × European Union ×

Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Life expectancy at birth (Eurostat) (years), 2000 to 2024
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2024 82.5 years 84.0 years 81.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional)
2023 82.3 years 83.8 years 81.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 81.7 years 83.1 years 80.6 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2021 81.4 years 83.0 years 80.0 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 81.4 years 82.3 years 80.3 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2019 82.0 years 83.5 years 81.1 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated)
2018 81.6 years 83.1 years 80.8 yearse (estimated)
2017 81.6 years 83.0 years 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 81.4 years 83.1 years 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated)
2015 81.3 years 82.7 years 80.5 yearsb (break in time series)
2014 81.3 yearsb (break in time series) 82.9 yearsb (break in time series) 80.6 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 80.9 years 83.2 years 80.5 years
2012 80.6 years 82.5 years 80.2 yearsb (break in time series)
2011 80.7 years 82.6 years 80.1 yearsb (break in time series)
2010 80.1 years 82.4 years 79.8 yearsb (break in time series)
2009 79.7 years 81.9 years 79.5 years
2008 79.5 years 81.5 years 79.3 years
2007 79.3 years 81.1 years 79.1 years
2006 79.0 years 81.1 years 78.9 years
2005 78.2 years 80.3 years 78.4 years
2004 78.4 years 80.4 years 78.3 years
2003 77.5 years 79.7 years 77.7 years
2002 77.4 years 79.8 years 77.6 years
2001 77.2 years 79.8 years –
2000 76.8 years 79.3 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.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_mlexpec · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=YR age=Y_LT1
Observation period
1960 to 2024
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat