Life expectancy at birth, women in European Union
Life expectancy at birth for women in the European Union was 84.2 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
84.2
Change from 2023
+0.1%
World, 2024
76.0 years
Life expectancy at birth, women in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 84.2 years | 76.0 years |
| 2023 | 84.1 years | 75.8 years |
| 2022 | 83.4 years | 75.5 years |
| 2021 | 83.2 years | 73.7 years |
| 2020 | 83.3 years | 74.8 years |
| 2019 | 84.1 years | 75.3 years |
| 2018 | 83.9 years | 75.1 years |
| 2017 | 83.7 years | 74.9 years |
| 2016 | 83.9 years | 74.7 years |
| 2015 | 83.5 years | 74.5 years |
| 2014 | 83.9 years | 74.3 years |
| 2013 | 83.5 years | 74.0 years |
| 2012 | 83.2 years | 73.8 years |
| 2011 | 83.3 years | 73.5 years |
| 2010 | 82.8 years | 73.2 years |
| 2009 | 82.5 years | 72.9 years |
| 2008 | 82.3 years | 72.5 years |
| 2007 | 82.1 years | 72.3 years |
| 2006 | 81.9 years | 72.0 years |
| 2005 | 81.6 years | 71.6 years |
| 2004 | 81.4 years | 71.2 years |
| 2003 | 80.9 years | 71.0 years |
| 2002 | 80.9 years | 70.7 years |
| 2001 | 80.8 years | 70.4 years |
| 2000 | 80.5 years | 70.1 years |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1% from 84.1 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 83.9 years, the figure has changed by +0.4%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 years.
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