Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1998, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 1997, reaching 79.1.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.3% (from 78.1 in 1993).

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