Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1996, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.4% compared to 1995, reaching 73.1.

Ireland ranks 12th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.1% (from 72.3 in 1991).

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