Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Europe & Central Asia

Life expectancy at birth in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 78.6 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.6%.

2024 78.6 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 78.6 years2024
Period minimum 67.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Europe & Central Asia, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.4 years1962: 67.7 years1964: 68.5 years1966: 68.8 years1968: 68.8 years1970: 69 years1972: 69.4 years1974: 69.7 years1976: 69.8 years1978: 70.1 years1980: 70.3 years1982: 70.9 years1984: 71.1 years1986: 71.8 years1988: 72.1 years1990: 72.2 years1992: 71.9 years1994: 71.7 years1996: 72.2 years1998: 72.9 years2000: 73.1 years2002: 73.4 years2004: 74 years2006: 74.6 years2008: 75.3 years2010: 76 years2012: 76.7 years2014: 77.4 years2016: 77.7 years2018: 78 years2020: 77.2 years2022: 77.8 years2024: 78.6 years
Change over the period: +11.2 (+16.58%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 78.6 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78.6 +0.2 +0.26%
2023 78.4 +0.6 +0.72%
2022 77.8 +1.1 +1.44%
2021 76.7 −0.4 −0.58%
2020 77.2 −1.1 −1.44%
2019 78.3 +0.3 +0.35%
2018 78 +0.1 +0.17%
2017 77.9 +0.2 +0.28%
2016 77.7 +0.4 +0.45%
2015 77.3 −0 −0.03%
2014 77.4 +0.3 +0.42%
2013 77 +0.4 +0.46%
2012 76.7 +0.2 +0.26%
2011 76.5 +0.5 +0.64%
2010 76 +0.3 +0.4%
2009 75.7 +0.4 +0.51%
2008 75.3 +0.3 +0.39%
2007 75 +0.4 +0.49%
2006 74.6 +0.5 +0.66%
2005 74.2 +0.2 +0.22%
2004 74 +0.4 +0.58%
2003 73.6 +0.1 +0.16%
2002 73.4 +0.1 +0.12%
2001 73.4 +0.2 +0.33%
2000 73.1 +0.3 +0.38%
1999 72.8 −0.1 −0.1%
1998 72.9 +0.3 +0.37%
1997 72.6 +0.4 +0.55%
1996 72.2 +0.4 +0.58%
1995 71.8 +0.1 +0.2%
1994 71.7 +0.2 +0.22%
1993 71.5 −0.3 −0.45%
1992 71.9 −0.3 −0.41%
1991 72.2 −0 −0.06%
1990 72.2 −0 −0.04%
1989 72.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1988 72.1 +0.1 +0.11%
1987 72 +0.2 +0.3%
1986 71.8 +0.5 +0.71%
1985 71.3 +0.2 +0.34%
1984 71.1 +0.1 +0.2%
1983 70.9 +0.1 +0.07%
1982 70.9 +0.3 +0.44%
1981 70.6 +0.3 +0.4%
1980 70.3 +0.1 +0.11%
1979 70.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1978 70.1 +0.1 +0.11%
1977 70 +0.2 +0.32%
1976 69.8 +0.1 +0.18%
1975 69.6 −0.1 −0.09%
1974 69.7 +0.2 +0.31%
1973 69.5 +0.1 +0.16%
1972 69.4 +0.2 +0.33%
1971 69.2 +0.2 +0.25%
1970 69 +0.3 +0.43%
1969 68.7 −0.1 −0.21%
1968 68.8 −0 −0.05%
1967 68.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1966 68.8 +0.2 +0.31%
1965 68.6 +0.1 +0.1%
1964 68.5 +0.5 +0.71%
1963 68 +0.3 +0.51%
1962 67.7 −0 −0.06%
1961 67.7 +0.3 +0.47%
1960 67.4

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.