Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2000, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.4% compared to 1999, reaching 79.2.

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 1.1% (from 78.3 in 1995).

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