Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Euro area

Life expectancy at birth in the Euro area in 2024 — 82.2 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.7%.

2024 82.2 years +0.13% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 82.2 years2024
Period minimum 69.3 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Euro area, 1960–2024657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.3 years1962: 69.6 years1964: 70.4 years1966: 70.7 years1968: 70.8 years1970: 71.1 years1972: 71.6 years1974: 72 years1976: 72.4 years1978: 73 years1980: 73.5 years1982: 74.1 years1984: 74.5 years1986: 75 years1988: 75.4 years1990: 75.7 years1992: 76.2 years1994: 76.6 years1996: 77 years1998: 77.6 years2000: 78 years2002: 78.5 years2004: 79.1 years2006: 79.6 years2008: 80.1 years2010: 80.5 years2012: 81 years2014: 81.7 years2016: 81.8 years2018: 81.9 years2020: 81.3 years2022: 81.5 years2024: 82.2 years
Change over the period: +13 (+18.74%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 82.2 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 82.2 +0.1 +0.13%
2023 82.1 +0.7 +0.8%
2022 81.5 +0.1 +0.12%
2021 81.4 +0.1 +0.07%
2020 81.3 −0.8 −0.99%
2019 82.1 +0.3 +0.34%
2018 81.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2017 81.7 −0 −0.03%
2016 81.8 +0.4 +0.47%
2015 81.4 −0.4 −0.44%
2014 81.7 +0.4 +0.5%
2013 81.3 +0.3 +0.36%
2012 81 +0 +0.01%
2011 81 +0.5 +0.61%
2010 80.5 +0.2 +0.3%
2009 80.3 +0.2 +0.26%
2008 80.1 +0.2 +0.26%
2007 79.9 +0.2 +0.3%
2006 79.6 +0.4 +0.54%
2005 79.2 +0.1 +0.18%
2004 79.1 +0.6 +0.73%
2003 78.5 +0 +0.04%
2002 78.5 +0.1 +0.12%
2001 78.4 +0.3 +0.44%
2000 78 +0.3 +0.33%
1999 77.8 +0.2 +0.3%
1998 77.6 +0.2 +0.29%
1997 77.3 +0.3 +0.44%
1996 77 +0.3 +0.33%
1995 76.7 +0.2 +0.2%
1994 76.6 +0.3 +0.39%
1993 76.3 +0.1 +0.13%
1992 76.2 +0.3 +0.44%
1991 75.9 +0.1 +0.19%
1990 75.7 +0.1 +0.1%
1989 75.6 +0.2 +0.25%
1988 75.4 +0.2 +0.25%
1987 75.3 +0.3 +0.4%
1986 75 +0.3 +0.4%
1985 74.7 +0.1 +0.17%
1984 74.5 +0.4 +0.52%
1983 74.1 +0.1 +0.1%
1982 74.1 +0.3 +0.44%
1981 73.7 +0.3 +0.38%
1980 73.5 +0.1 +0.19%
1979 73.3 +0.3 +0.46%
1978 73 +0.2 +0.22%
1977 72.8 +0.4 +0.56%
1976 72.4 +0.3 +0.45%
1975 72.1 +0.1 +0.09%
1974 72 +0.3 +0.45%
1973 71.7 +0.1 +0.17%
1972 71.6 +0.3 +0.48%
1971 71.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1970 71.1 +0.4 +0.61%
1969 70.7 −0.1 −0.15%
1968 70.8 −0.1 −0.09%
1967 70.8 +0.2 +0.22%
1966 70.7 +0.2 +0.34%
1965 70.5 +0.1 +0.12%
1964 70.4 +0.6 +0.8%
1963 69.8 +0.2 +0.26%
1962 69.6 −0 −0.06%
1961 69.7 +0.4 +0.6%
1960 69.3

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

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