Life expectancy at birth in Euro area
Life expectancy at birth in the euro area was 82.2 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024
82.2
Change from 2023
+0.1%
World, 2024
73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth in Euro area over time
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Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.2 years | 73.5 years |
| 2023 | 82.1 years | 73.3 years |
| 2022 | 81.5 years | 73.0 years |
| 2021 | 81.4 years | 71.2 years |
| 2020 | 81.3 years | 72.2 years |
| 2019 | 82.1 years | 72.9 years |
| 2018 | 81.9 years | 72.6 years |
| 2017 | 81.7 years | 72.4 years |
| 2016 | 81.8 years | 72.2 years |
| 2015 | 81.4 years | 72.0 years |
| 2014 | 81.7 years | 71.8 years |
| 2013 | 81.3 years | 71.5 years |
| 2012 | 81.0 years | 71.3 years |
| 2011 | 81.0 years | 71.0 years |
| 2010 | 80.5 years | 70.7 years |
| 2009 | 80.3 years | 70.4 years |
| 2008 | 80.1 years | 70.0 years |
| 2007 | 79.9 years | 69.8 years |
| 2006 | 79.6 years | 69.5 years |
| 2005 | 79.2 years | 69.1 years |
| 2004 | 79.1 years | 68.8 years |
| 2003 | 78.5 years | 68.5 years |
| 2002 | 78.5 years | 68.2 years |
| 2001 | 78.4 years | 67.9 years |
| 2000 | 78.0 years | 67.7 years |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1% from 82.1 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 81.7 years, the figure has changed by +0.6%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.5 years.
More for Euro area
All statistics for Euro area
Life expectancy at birth, women
84.8 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
79.9 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
10.8%
2024 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
3.7 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Infant mortality rate
3.1 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
5 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank