Life expectancy at age 65 in Poland
At age 65, people in Poland could expect to live another 18.5 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
Poland, 2024
18.5ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2023
+0.5%
European Union, 2024
20.2 yearsep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
20.2 years
Position in 2024
25th of 37
Life expectancy at age 65 in Poland over time
View
Poland
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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.
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 +0.5% from 18.4 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 18.1 years, the figure has changed by +2.2%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 37 countries with data for 2024, Poland has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 20.2 years.
More for Poland
All statistics for Poland
Life expectancy at birth
78.5ep (Source flag ep) years
2024 · Eurostat
Healthy life years at birth
64.7 years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.6 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
627 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
386 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
64.2%
2025 · Eurostat