Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2018, Croatia's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2017, reaching 74.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 78.2.

Croatia ranks 19th 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 0.5% (from 74.5 in 2013).

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