Life expectancy at birth in European Union
Life expectancy at birth in the European Union was 81.5 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
European Union, 2024
81.5ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2023
+0.4%
Life expectancy at birth in European Union over time
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European Union
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 81.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 81.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 80.6 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 80.0 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 80.3 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 81.1 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2018 | 80.8 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 80.5 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 80.6 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 80.5 years |
| 2012 | 80.2 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 80.1 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 79.8 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 79.5 years |
| 2008 | 79.3 years |
| 2007 | 79.1 years |
| 2006 | 78.9 years |
| 2005 | 78.4 years |
| 2004 | 78.3 years |
| 2003 | 77.7 years |
| 2002 | 77.6 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.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4% from 81.2 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 80.6 years, the figure has changed by +1.1%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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