Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Eastern Europe

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 75 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.4%.

2024 75 years +0.42% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 75 years2024
Period minimum 67.2 years1994

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Eastern Europe, 1960–202466687072747619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68 years1962: 68.1 years1964: 69.2 years1966: 69.4 years1968: 69.2 years1970: 69 years1972: 69.3 years1974: 69.4 years1976: 68.9 years1978: 68.7 years1980: 68.5 years1982: 69.1 years1984: 68.7 years1986: 70 years1988: 70.2 years1990: 69.7 years1992: 68.5 years1994: 67.2 years1996: 67.9 years1998: 68.8 years2000: 68.3 years2002: 68.2 years2004: 68.5 years2006: 69.3 years2008: 70.2 years2010: 71.1 years2012: 72.1 years2014: 72.8 years2016: 73.6 years2018: 74.1 years2020: 73 years2022: 73.8 years2024: 75 years
Change over the period: +7 (+10.35%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 75 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 75 +0.3 +0.42%
2023 74.7 +0.8 +1.12%
2022 73.8 +2.2 +3.08%
2021 71.6 −1.4 −1.91%
2020 73 −1.4 −1.94%
2019 74.5 +0.3 +0.47%
2018 74.1 +0 +0.06%
2017 74.1 +0.5 +0.65%
2016 73.6 +0.5 +0.64%
2015 73.1 +0.3 +0.46%
2014 72.8 +0.2 +0.33%
2013 72.6 +0.4 +0.6%
2012 72.1 +0.3 +0.45%
2011 71.8 +0.7 +0.98%
2010 71.1 +0.4 +0.5%
2009 70.8 +0.6 +0.86%
2008 70.2 +0.4 +0.51%
2007 69.8 +0.5 +0.77%
2006 69.3 +0.7 +0.99%
2005 68.6 +0.1 +0.13%
2004 68.5 +0.3 +0.45%
2003 68.2 −0 −0%
2002 68.2 −0.1 −0.14%
2001 68.3 +0 +0.04%
2000 68.3 −0.1 −0.1%
1999 68.3 −0.4 −0.63%
1998 68.8 +0.4 +0.52%
1997 68.4 +0.5 +0.81%
1996 67.9 +0.6 +0.92%
1995 67.2 +0.1 +0.08%
1994 67.2 −0.3 −0.5%
1993 67.5 −1 −1.47%
1992 68.5 −0.8 −1.2%
1991 69.4 −0.3 −0.5%
1990 69.7 −0.3 −0.38%
1989 70 −0.2 −0.3%
1988 70.2 +0.1 +0.13%
1987 70.1 +0.1 +0.11%
1986 70 +0.9 +1.26%
1985 69.1 +0.4 +0.58%
1984 68.7 −0.2 −0.32%
1983 69 −0.1 −0.13%
1982 69.1 +0.3 +0.43%
1981 68.8 +0.3 +0.43%
1980 68.5 −0.2 −0.25%
1979 68.6 −0.1 −0.15%
1978 68.7 −0.1 −0.08%
1977 68.8 −0.1 −0.16%
1976 68.9 −0.1 −0.15%
1975 69 −0.4 −0.55%
1974 69.4 +0.1 +0.08%
1973 69.3 +0 +0.02%
1972 69.3 +0.2 +0.22%
1971 69.2 +0.2 +0.25%
1970 69 +0.2 +0.29%
1969 68.8 −0.4 −0.55%
1968 69.2 +0 +0.02%
1967 69.2 −0.3 −0.37%
1966 69.4 +0.2 +0.32%
1965 69.2 −0 −0.02%
1964 69.2 +0.4 +0.63%
1963 68.8 +0.7 +0.98%
1962 68.1 −0.2 −0.25%
1961 68.3 +0.3 +0.51%
1960 68

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.