Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1990, Bulgaria's life expectancy by age and sex decreased by 0.3% compared to 1989, reaching 71.2.

Bulgaria ranks 17th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.1% (from 71.1 in 1985).

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