Life expectancy at birth by country, 2024
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 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Liechtenstein (84.2 years). Lowest: Moldova (72.0 years). The median is 81.9 years.
Highest 10
- 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)
Lowest 10
- 37. Moldova 72.0 yearse (estimated)
- 36. Georgia 74.9 yearsb (break in time series)
- 35. Bulgaria 75.8 years
- 34. Serbia 76.2 yearsb (break in time series)
- 33. Latvia 76.4 years
- 32. Romania 76.5 yearse (estimated)
- 31. Hungary 76.8 years
- 30. Lithuania 77.5 years
- 29. Montenegro 77.6 yearsb (break in time series)
- 28. Slovakia 78.4 years
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Source: Eurostat.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 84.2 years | 2024 | |
| 2 | Switzerland | 84.2 years | 2024 | |
| 3 | Spain | 84.0 years | 2024 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 83.8 years | 2024 | |
| 5 | Italy | 83.7 years | 2024 | |
| 6 | Cyprus | 83.5 years | 2024 | |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 8 | Norway | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 9 | Ireland | 83.1 years | 2024 | |
| 10 | France | 83.0 yearsp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 11 | Malta | 83.0 years | 2024 | |
| 12 | Iceland | 82.8 years | 2024 | |
| 13 | Portugal | 82.5 years | 2024 | |
| 14 | Belgium | 82.4 years | 2024 | |
| 15 | Finland | 82.2 years | 2024 | |
| 16 | Austria | 82.1 years | 2024 | |
| 17 | Slovenia | 82.1 years | 2024 | |
| 18 | Denmark | 82.0 years | 2024 | |
| 19 | Greece | 81.9 years | 2024 | |
| 20 | Netherlands | 81.9 years | 2024 | |
| 21 | Germany | 81.2 years | 2024 | |
| 22 | Albania | 80.4 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 23 | Czechia | 80.1 years | 2024 | |
| 24 | Estonia | 79.4 years | 2024 | |
| 25 | Türkiye | 79.0 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 26 | Croatia | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 27 | Poland | 78.5 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 2024 | |
| 28 | Slovakia | 78.4 years | 2024 | |
| 29 | Montenegro | 77.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 30 | Lithuania | 77.5 years | 2024 | |
| 31 | Hungary | 76.8 years | 2024 | |
| 32 | Romania | 76.5 yearse (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 33 | Latvia | 76.4 years | 2024 | |
| 34 | Serbia | 76.2 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 75.8 years | 2024 | |
| 36 | Georgia | 74.9 yearsb (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 37 | Moldova | 72.0 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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