EU2781.6years · 2024
US78.9years · 2024
China78.0years · 2024
EU27 US China Range of the member states
Range within the EU: 2024: 75.8 (Bulgaria) to 84.1 (Sweden), median 82.0, 27 member states
All member states (2024)
| Sweden | 84.1 |
| Italy | 84.0 |
| Spain | 83.9 |
| Luxembourg | 83.2 |
| Ireland | 83.0 |
| France | 83.0 |
| Malta | 83.0 |
| Portugal | 82.4 |
| Finland | 82.3 |
| Belgium | 82.3 |
| Slovenia | 82.3 |
| Denmark | 82.3 |
| Austria | 82.0 |
| Netherlands | 82.0 |
| Greece | 81.8 |
| Cyprus | 81.8 |
| Germany | 80.8 |
| Czechia | 80.0 |
| Estonia | 79.3 |
| Croatia | 78.9 |
| Poland | 78.4 |
| Slovakia | 78.4 |
| Lithuania | 77.2 |
| Hungary | 76.7 |
| Romania | 76.5 |
| Latvia | 76.4 |
| Bulgaria | 75.8 |
Values as a table
| Year | EU27 | US | China |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81.6 | 78.9 | 78.0 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 78.4 | 78.0 |
| 2022 | 80.7 | 77.4 | 78.2 |
| 2021 | 80.3 | 76.3 | 78.1 |
| 2020 | 80.4 | 77.0 | 78.0 |
| 2019 | 81.3 | 78.8 | 77.9 |
| 2018 | 81.0 | 78.6 | 77.7 |
| 2017 | 80.9 | 78.5 | 77.2 |
| 2016 | 81.0 | 78.5 | 77.2 |
| 2015 | 80.6 | 78.7 | 77.0 |
| 2014 | 80.9 | 78.8 | 76.7 |
| 2013 | 80.5 | 78.7 | 76.5 |
Definition
The number of years a newborn would live on average if the mortality of its year of birth applied throughout its life.
Caveats
A period measure: pandemic years lower it temporarily. Values for China partly rest on model estimates of the UN Population Division. It says nothing about how many of these years are spent in good health.
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (UN, Eurostat and others) ·
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- EU value
- World Bank EU aggregate (EUU).
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- 24 Oct 2026 · source updated 8 Oct 2026