Life expectancy at birth in United Kingdom
Life expectancy at birth in United Kingdom was 81.3 years in 2018.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2024.
United Kingdom, 2018
81.3
Change from 2017
0%
European Union, 2018
80.8 yearse (Estimated)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018
81.5 years
Life expectancy at birth in United Kingdom over time
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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 | United Kingdom | 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 | 81.3 years | 80.8 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 81.3 years | 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 81.2 years | 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 81.0 years | 80.5 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 81.4 years | 80.6 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 81.1 years | 80.5 years |
| 2012 | 81.0 years | 80.2 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 81.0 years | 80.1 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 80.6 years | 79.8 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 80.4 years | 79.5 years |
| 2008 | 79.8 years | 79.3 years |
| 2007 | 79.7 years | 79.1 years |
| 2006 | 79.5 years | 78.9 years |
| 2005 | 79.2 years | 78.4 years |
| 2004 | 79.0 years | 78.3 years |
| 2003 | 78.4 years | 77.7 years |
| 2002 | 78.3 years | 77.6 years |
| 2001 | 78.2 years | – |
| 2000 | 78.0 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 unchanged from 2017.
- Since 2008, when it was 79.8 years, the figure has changed by +1.9%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2018 was 80.8 years.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 years
2024 · World Bank
Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2018 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
10.2%
2019 · Eurostat
Practising nurses
660d (Definition differs) per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat