Life expectancy at age 65 by country, 2024
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 places ranked for 2024. Highest: France (21.9 years). Lowest: Moldova (15.0 years). The median is 20.1 years.
Highest 10
- 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
Lowest 10
- 37. Moldova 15.0 yearse (estimated)
- 36. Serbia 16.2 yearsb (break in time series)
- 35. Georgia 16.3 yearsb (break in time series)
- 34. Hungary 16.9 years
- 33. Bulgaria 16.9 years
- 32. Montenegro 17.1 yearsb (break in time series)
- 31. Romania 17.3 yearse (estimated)
- 30. Latvia 17.8 years
- 29. Croatia 18.0 years
- 28. Slovakia 18.3 years
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Source: Eurostat.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 21.9 yearsp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 2 | Spain | 21.9 years | 2024 | |
| 3 | Switzerland | 21.8 years | 2024 | |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 21.5 years | 2024 | |
| 5 | Italy | 21.4 years | 2024 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 21.3 years | 2024 | |
| 7 | Cyprus | 21.2 years | 2024 | |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 21.1 years | 2024 | |
| 9 | Portugal | 21.1 years | 2024 | |
| 10 | Ireland | 21.0 years | 2024 | |
| 11 | Norway | 20.9 years | 2024 | |
| 12 | Malta | 20.8 years | 2024 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 20.6 years | 2024 | |
| 14 | Finland | 20.6 years | 2024 | |
| 15 | Iceland | 20.6 years | 2024 | |
| 16 | Austria | 20.3 years | 2024 | |
| 17 | Greece | 20.3 years | 2024 | |
| 18 | Slovenia | 20.2 years | 2024 | |
| 19 | Denmark | 20.1 years | 2024 | |
| 20 | Netherlands | 19.9 years | 2024 | |
| 21 | Germany | 19.7 years | 2024 | |
| 22 | Estonia | 19.2 years | 2024 | |
| 23 | Albania | 19.1 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 24 | Czechia | 18.9 years | 2024 | |
| 25 | Poland | 18.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 2024 | |
| 26 | Türkiye | 18.4 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 27 | Lithuania | 18.3 years | 2024 | |
| 28 | Slovakia | 18.3 years | 2024 | |
| 29 | Croatia | 18.0 years | 2024 | |
| 30 | Latvia | 17.8 years | 2024 | |
| 31 | Romania | 17.3 yearse (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 32 | Montenegro | 17.1 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 16.9 years | 2024 | |
| 34 | Hungary | 16.9 years | 2024 | |
| 35 | Georgia | 16.3 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 36 | Serbia | 16.2 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 37 | Moldova | 15.0 yearse (estimated) | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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