Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2021, Estonia's life expectancy by age and sex decreased by 1.9% compared to 2020, reaching 81.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 82.9.

Estonia ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.0% (from 82.2 in 2016).

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