Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Slovakia

Life expectancy at birth in Slovakia in 2024 — 78.4 years. Ranked 63 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.5%.

2024 78.4 years +0.32% vs 2023
World rank 63of 217
Period maximum 78.4 years2024
Period minimum 69.7 years1970

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Slovakia, 1960–202467.57072.57577.58019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 70.3 years1962: 70.3 years1964: 71 years1966: 70.4 years1968: 70.4 years1970: 69.7 years1972: 70.3 years1974: 70.2 years1976: 70.5 years1978: 70.4 years1980: 70.4 years1982: 70.7 years1984: 70.8 years1986: 71 years1988: 71.2 years1990: 70.9 years1992: 71.8 years1994: 72.3 years1996: 72.7 years1998: 72.6 years2000: 73.1 years2002: 73.6 years2004: 74 years2006: 74.2 years2008: 74.7 years2010: 75.1 years2012: 76.1 years2014: 76.8 years2016: 77.2 years2018: 77.3 years2020: 76.9 years2022: 77 years2024: 78.4 years
Change over the period: +8.1 (+11.53%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Slovakia 78.4 years
World 73.5 years
Eastern Europe computed 75 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78.4 +0.3 +0.32%
2023 78.1 +1.2 +1.5%
2022 77 +2.4 +3.15%
2021 74.6 −2.3 −2.93%
2020 76.9 −0.8 −1.03%
2019 77.7 +0.4 +0.52%
2018 77.3 +0.1 +0.13%
2017 77.2 +0 +0%
2016 77.2 +0.6 +0.79%
2015 76.6 −0.2 −0.32%
2014 76.8 +0.4 +0.52%
2013 76.4 +0.3 +0.4%
2012 76.1 +0.2 +0.2%
2011 76 +0.8 +1.13%
2010 75.1 +0.2 +0.27%
2009 74.9 +0.2 +0.27%
2008 74.7 +0.5 +0.67%
2007 74.2 +0 +0%
2006 74.2 +0.3 +0.41%
2005 73.9 −0.1 −0.07%
2004 74 +0.4 +0.48%
2003 73.6 +0 +0%
2002 73.6 +0.2 +0.28%
2001 73.4 +0.4 +0.48%
2000 73.1 +0.1 +0.2%
1999 72.9 +0.4 +0.48%
1998 72.6 −0.2 −0.21%
1997 72.7 +0.1 +0.07%
1996 72.7 +0.4 +0.55%
1995 72.3 −0 −0.06%
1994 72.3 −0.1 −0.21%
1993 72.4 +0.7 +0.91%
1992 71.8 +0.9 +1.29%
1991 70.9 −0 −0.07%
1990 70.9 −0.1 −0.13%
1989 71 −0.2 −0.25%
1988 71.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1987 71.1 +0.1 +0.1%
1986 71 +0.3 +0.41%
1985 70.7 −0 −0.02%
1984 70.8 +0.3 +0.39%
1983 70.5 −0.2 −0.3%
1982 70.7 +0.1 +0.08%
1981 70.6 +0.2 +0.31%
1980 70.4 −0.3 −0.48%
1979 70.7 +0.3 +0.45%
1978 70.4 +0 +0%
1977 70.4 −0 −0.06%
1976 70.5 +0.2 +0.22%
1975 70.3 +0.1 +0.18%
1974 70.2 +0.2 +0.22%
1973 70 −0.3 −0.39%
1972 70.3 +0.4 +0.62%
1971 69.9 +0.1 +0.22%
1970 69.7 −0.1 −0.12%
1969 69.8 −0.6 −0.91%
1968 70.4 −0.5 −0.69%
1967 70.9 +0.5 +0.78%
1966 70.4 +0.1 +0.2%
1965 70.2 −0.8 −1.1%
1964 71 +0.4 +0.55%
1963 70.6 +0.4 +0.52%
1962 70.3 −0.5 −0.64%
1961 70.7 +0.5 +0.65%
1960 70.3

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.