Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Bulgaria's life expectancy by age and sex decreased by 0.3% compared to 2023, reaching 79.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 84.1.

Bulgaria ranks 27th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.9% (from 78.8 in 2019).

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