Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1997, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 1996, reaching 78.7.

Ireland ranks 15th out of 24 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 78.3 in 1992).

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