Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1999, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex decreased by 0.3% compared to 1998, reaching 78.9.

Ireland ranks 17th 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 0.4% (from 78.6 in 1994).

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