Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Austria's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.4% compared to 2023, reaching 79.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 78.9.

Austria ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.1% (from 79.7 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_mlexpec, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.