Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Euro area

Male life expectancy in the Euro area in 2024 — 79.87 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.9%.

2024 79.87 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 79.87 years2024
Period minimum 66.64 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Euro area, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 66.64 years1962: 66.91 years1964: 67.54 years1966: 67.82 years1968: 67.84 years1970: 68.08 years1972: 68.47 years1974: 68.86 years1976: 69.17 years1978: 69.67 years1980: 70.1 years1982: 70.71 years1984: 71.15 years1986: 71.63 years1988: 72.07 years1990: 72.29 years1992: 72.71 years1994: 73.14 years1996: 73.62 years1998: 74.29 years2000: 74.85 years2002: 75.38 years2004: 76.06 years2006: 76.66 years2008: 77.23 years2010: 77.72 years2012: 78.28 years2014: 79.05 years2016: 79.15 years2018: 79.34 years2020: 78.79 years2022: 79.06 years2024: 79.87 years
Change over the period: +13.23 (+19.85%) Average annual rate: 0.28 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 79.87 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 79.87 +0.16 +0.2%
2023 79.71 +0.65 +0.82%
2022 79.06 +0.26 +0.33%
2021 78.81 +0.02 +0.02%
2020 78.79 −0.86 −1.08%
2019 79.65 +0.3 +0.38%
2018 79.34 +0.12 +0.15%
2017 79.23 +0.08 +0.1%
2016 79.15 +0.37 +0.47%
2015 78.78 −0.27 −0.34%
2014 79.05 +0.43 +0.55%
2013 78.62 +0.34 +0.43%
2012 78.28 +0.08 +0.11%
2011 78.2 +0.48 +0.62%
2010 77.72 +0.27 +0.34%
2009 77.46 +0.23 +0.3%
2008 77.23 +0.29 +0.37%
2007 76.94 +0.28 +0.37%
2006 76.66 +0.43 +0.56%
2005 76.23 +0.17 +0.23%
2004 76.06 +0.56 +0.74%
2003 75.5 +0.12 +0.16%
2002 75.38 +0.15 +0.2%
2001 75.24 +0.39 +0.52%
2000 74.85 +0.29 +0.39%
1999 74.56 +0.26 +0.36%
1998 74.29 +0.27 +0.36%
1997 74.03 +0.41 +0.55%
1996 73.62 +0.31 +0.43%
1995 73.31 +0.17 +0.23%
1994 73.14 +0.3 +0.41%
1993 72.84 +0.14 +0.19%
1992 72.71 +0.31 +0.42%
1991 72.4 +0.11 +0.15%
1990 72.29 +0.06 +0.09%
1989 72.23 +0.16 +0.22%
1988 72.07 +0.18 +0.25%
1987 71.89 +0.26 +0.37%
1986 71.63 +0.33 +0.46%
1985 71.3 +0.15 +0.21%
1984 71.15 +0.36 +0.51%
1983 70.78 +0.07 +0.1%
1982 70.71 +0.33 +0.47%
1981 70.38 +0.28 +0.4%
1980 70.1 +0.13 +0.19%
1979 69.97 +0.31 +0.44%
1978 69.67 +0.14 +0.21%
1977 69.52 +0.35 +0.51%
1976 69.17 +0.3 +0.44%
1975 68.87 +0.01 +0.02%
1974 68.86 +0.28 +0.4%
1973 68.58 +0.11 +0.15%
1972 68.47 +0.31 +0.46%
1971 68.16 +0.08 +0.12%
1970 68.08 +0.43 +0.63%
1969 67.65 −0.18 −0.27%
1968 67.84 −0.09 −0.13%
1967 67.93 +0.11 +0.16%
1966 67.82 +0.21 +0.31%
1965 67.61 +0.07 +0.1%
1964 67.54 +0.49 +0.73%
1963 67.05 +0.13 +0.2%
1962 66.91 −0.09 −0.14%
1961 67.01 +0.37 +0.55%
1960 66.64

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.