Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1991, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.3% compared to 1990, reaching 75.0.

Ireland ranks 12th 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 2.0% (from 73.5 in 1986).

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