Life expectancy at birth (Eurostat)
The average number of years a newborn would live if the death rates of the reference year stayed the same throughout life. Both sexes combined.
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 | 81.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 81.2 years | 83.0 yearsp (provisional) | 84.0 years |
| 2023 | 81.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 80.9 yearsb (break in time series) | 82.9 yearsp (provisional) | 83.8 years |
| 2022 | 80.6 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 80.5 yearsb (break in time series) | 82.2 years | 83.1 years |
| 2021 | 80.0 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 80.7 years | 82.2 years | 83.0 years |
| 2020 | 80.3 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 81.0 years | 82.2 years | 82.3 years |
| 2019 | 81.1 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 81.2 years | 82.7 years | 83.5 years |
| 2018 | 80.8 yearse (estimated) | 80.9 years | 82.6 years | 83.1 years |
| 2017 | 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 81.0 years | 82.4 years | 83.0 years |
| 2016 | 80.7 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 80.9 years | 82.4 years | 83.1 years |
| 2015 | 80.5 yearsb (break in time series) | 80.6 years | 82.1 years | 82.7 years |
| 2014 | 80.6 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 80.9 yearsb (break in time series) | 82.4 yearsb (break in time series) | 82.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 80.5 years | 80.6 years | 82.4 years | 83.2 years |
| 2012 | 80.2 yearsb (break in time series) | 80.7 years | 82.1 yearsb (break in time series) | 82.5 years |
| 2011 | 80.1 yearsb (break in time series) | 80.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 82.3 years | 82.6 years |
| 2010 | 79.8 yearsb (break in time series) | 80.5 years | 81.8 years | 82.4 years |
| 2009 | 79.5 years | 80.3 years | 81.5 years | 81.9 years |
| 2008 | 79.3 years | 80.2 years | 81.4 years | 81.5 years |
| 2007 | 79.1 years | 80.1 years | 81.3 years | 81.1 years |
| 2006 | 78.9 years | 79.9 years | 80.9 years | 81.1 years |
| 2005 | 78.4 years | 79.4 years | 80.3 years | 80.3 years |
| 2004 | 78.3 years | 79.3 years | 80.3 years | 80.4 years |
| 2003 | 77.7 years | 78.6 years | 79.3 years | 79.7 years |
| 2002 | 77.6 years | 78.6 years | 79.4 years | 79.8 years |
| 2001 | – | 78.6 years | 79.3 years | 79.8 years |
| 2000 | – | 78.3 years | 79.2 years | 79.3 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 Liechtenstein (84.2 years) and the lowest Moldova (72.0 years).
- Half of the countries are above 81.9 years and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 33 countries and fell in 1.
- The figure for the European Union was 81.5 years in 2024, against 81.1 years in 2019 (+0.5%). 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 Liechtenstein 84.2 years
- 2 Switzerland 84.2 years
- 3 Spain 84.0 years
- 4 Sweden 83.8 years
- 5 Italy 83.7 years
- 6 Cyprus 83.5 years
- 7 Luxembourg 83.2 years
- 8 Norway 83.2 years
- 9 Ireland 83.1 years
- 10 France 83.0 yearsp (provisional)
- 11 Malta 83.0 years
- 12 Iceland 82.8 years
- 13 Portugal 82.5 years
- 14 Belgium 82.4 years
- 15 Finland 82.2 years
- 16 Austria 82.1 years
- 17 Slovenia 82.1 years
- 18 Denmark 82.0 years
- 19 Greece 81.9 years
- 20 Netherlands 81.9 years
- 21 Germany 81.2 years
- 22 Albania 80.4 yearsb (break in time series)
- 23 Czechia 80.1 years
- 24 Estonia 79.4 years
- 25 Türkiye 79.0 yearsb (break in time series)
- 26 Croatia 78.9 years
- 27 Poland 78.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional)
- 28 Slovakia 78.4 years
- 29 Montenegro 77.6 yearsb (break in time series)
- 30 Lithuania 77.5 years
- 31 Hungary 76.8 years
- 32 Romania 76.5 yearse (estimated)
- 33 Latvia 76.4 years
- 34 Serbia 76.2 yearsb (break in time series)
- 35 Bulgaria 75.8 years
- 36 Georgia 74.9 yearsb (break in time series)
- 37 Moldova 72.0 yearse (estimated)
- European Union 81.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional)
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.