Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, France's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 85.8.

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

France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.1% (from 85.9 in 2019).

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