Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Southern Europe

Life expectancy at birth in Southern Europe in 2024 — 82.8 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 22.2%.

2024 82.8 years +0.33% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 82.8 years2024
Period minimum 67.8 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Southern Europe, 1960–2024657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.8 years1962: 68 years1964: 69 years1966: 69.8 years1968: 70 years1970: 70.7 years1972: 71.3 years1974: 71.8 years1976: 72.3 years1978: 72.9 years1980: 73.4 years1982: 74.1 years1984: 74.5 years1986: 74.9 years1988: 75.3 years1990: 75.7 years1992: 75.5 years1994: 76.5 years1996: 77.1 years1998: 77.5 years2000: 78 years2002: 78.6 years2004: 79.1 years2006: 79.8 years2008: 80.1 years2010: 80.6 years2012: 81.1 years2014: 81.9 years2016: 82 years2018: 82.2 years2020: 81.2 years2022: 81.8 years2024: 82.8 years
Change over the period: +15.1 (+22.22%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 82.8 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 82.8 +0.3 +0.33%
2023 82.5 +0.8 +0.94%
2022 81.8 +0.4 +0.46%
2021 81.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2020 81.2 −1.3 −1.55%
2019 82.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2018 82.2 +0.3 +0.36%
2017 81.9 −0.1 −0.13%
2016 82 +0.5 +0.63%
2015 81.5 −0.4 −0.45%
2014 81.9 +0.3 +0.32%
2013 81.6 +0.5 +0.61%
2012 81.1 +0 +0.03%
2011 81.1 +0.5 +0.6%
2010 80.6 +0.3 +0.36%
2009 80.3 +0.2 +0.28%
2008 80.1 +0.2 +0.28%
2007 79.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2006 79.8 +0.5 +0.62%
2005 79.3 +0.2 +0.2%
2004 79.1 +0.5 +0.65%
2003 78.6 −0 −0%
2002 78.6 +0.2 +0.21%
2001 78.4 +0.4 +0.57%
2000 78 +0.5 +0.67%
1999 77.5 +0 +0.03%
1998 77.5 +0.1 +0.08%
1997 77.4 +0.3 +0.4%
1996 77.1 +0.3 +0.4%
1995 76.8 +0.3 +0.38%
1994 76.5 +0.7 +0.94%
1993 75.8 +0.2 +0.32%
1992 75.5 −0.3 −0.39%
1991 75.8 +0.1 +0.12%
1990 75.7 +0.1 +0.13%
1989 75.6 +0.3 +0.38%
1988 75.3 +0.2 +0.22%
1987 75.2 +0.3 +0.37%
1986 74.9 +0.3 +0.42%
1985 74.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1984 74.5 +0.5 +0.63%
1983 74 −0.1 −0.16%
1982 74.1 +0.4 +0.58%
1981 73.7 +0.3 +0.41%
1980 73.4 +0.1 +0.18%
1979 73.3 +0.3 +0.46%
1978 72.9 +0.2 +0.34%
1977 72.7 +0.4 +0.55%
1976 72.3 +0.3 +0.46%
1975 72 +0.1 +0.17%
1974 71.8 +0.6 +0.79%
1973 71.3 −0 −0%
1972 71.3 +0.6 +0.82%
1971 70.7 +0 +0.05%
1970 70.7 +0.7 +1.02%
1969 69.9 −0.1 −0.13%
1968 70 +0.1 +0.08%
1967 70 +0.2 +0.25%
1966 69.8 +0.5 +0.72%
1965 69.3 +0.3 +0.42%
1964 69 +0.7 +1.09%
1963 68.3 +0.2 +0.35%
1962 68 −0.1 −0.12%
1961 68.1 +0.4 +0.53%
1960 67.8

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.