Life expectancy at age 65
The average number of further years a person aged 65 would live if the death rates of the reference year stayed the same for the rest of their life.
37 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.2 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 19.7 years | 21.9 yearsp (provisional) | 21.9 years |
| 2023 | 20.0 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 19.4 yearsb (break in time series) | 21.8 yearsp (provisional) | 21.7 years |
| 2022 | 19.4 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 19.1 yearsb (break in time series) | 21.2 years | 21.1 years |
| 2021 | 19.1 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 19.3 years | 21.2 years | 21.1 years |
| 2020 | 19.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 19.5 years | 21.0 years | 20.3 years |
| 2019 | 20.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 19.8 years | 21.7 years | 21.5 years |
| 2018 | 19.8 yearse (estimated) | 19.5 years | 21.6 years | 21.2 years |
| 2017 | 19.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 19.6 years | 21.5 years | 21.1 years |
| 2016 | 19.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 19.6 years | 21.4 years | 21.2 years |
| 2015 | 19.7 yearsb (break in time series) | 19.4 years | 21.2 years | 20.8 years |
| 2014 | 19.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 19.7 yearsb (break in time series) | 21.5 yearsb (break in time series) | 21.1 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 19.7 years | 19.5 years | 21.6 years | 21.4 years |
| 2012 | 19.5 yearsb (break in time series) | 19.5 years | 21.4 yearsb (break in time series) | 20.9 years |
| 2011 | 19.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 19.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 21.7 years | 21.0 years |
| 2010 | 19.4 yearsb (break in time series) | 19.5 years | 21.3 years | 20.9 years |
| 2009 | 19.2 years | 19.3 years | 21.2 years | 20.5 years |
| 2008 | 19.0 years | 19.3 years | 21.0 years | 20.2 years |
| 2007 | 18.9 years | 19.2 years | 20.9 years | 20.0 years |
| 2006 | 18.7 years | 19.0 years | 20.7 years | 20.0 years |
| 2005 | 18.3 years | 18.7 years | 20.1 years | 19.3 years |
| 2004 | 18.3 years | 18.6 years | 20.1 years | 19.5 years |
| 2003 | 17.8 years | 18.1 years | 19.2 years | 18.9 years |
| 2002 | 17.8 years | 18.1 years | 19.4 years | 19.1 years |
| 2001 | – | 18.2 years | 19.4 years | 19.1 years |
| 2000 | – | 18.0 years | 19.3 years | 18.8 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; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 37 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is France (21.9 years) and the lowest Moldova (15.0 years).
- Half of the countries are above 20.1 years and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 30 countries and fell in 3.
- The figure for the European Union was 20.2 years in 2024, against 20.0 years in 2019 (+1.0%). 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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Source and dates
All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 France 21.9 yearsp (provisional)
- 2 Spain 21.9 years
- 3 Switzerland 21.8 years
- 4 Liechtenstein 21.5 years
- 5 Italy 21.4 years
- 6 Sweden 21.3 years
- 7 Cyprus 21.2 years
- 8 Luxembourg 21.1 years
- 9 Portugal 21.1 years
- 10 Ireland 21.0 years
- 11 Norway 20.9 years
- 12 Malta 20.8 years
- 13 Belgium 20.6 years
- 14 Finland 20.6 years
- 15 Iceland 20.6 years
- 16 Austria 20.3 years
- 17 Greece 20.3 years
- 18 Slovenia 20.2 years
- 19 Denmark 20.1 years
- 20 Netherlands 19.9 years
- 21 Germany 19.7 years
- 22 Estonia 19.2 years
- 23 Albania 19.1 yearsb (break in time series)
- 24 Czechia 18.9 years
- 25 Poland 18.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional)
- 26 Türkiye 18.4 yearsb (break in time series)
- 27 Lithuania 18.3 years
- 28 Slovakia 18.3 years
- 29 Croatia 18.0 years
- 30 Latvia 17.8 years
- 31 Romania 17.3 yearse (estimated)
- 32 Montenegro 17.1 yearsb (break in time series)
- 33 Bulgaria 16.9 years
- 34 Hungary 16.9 years
- 35 Georgia 16.3 yearsb (break in time series)
- 36 Serbia 16.2 yearsb (break in time series)
- 37 Moldova 15.0 yearse (estimated)
- European Union 20.2 yearsep (estimated, provisional)
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- Life expectancy at birth (Eurostat)Eurostat
- Healthy life years at birthEurostat
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.