Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2000, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.8% compared to 1999, reaching 74.0.

Ireland ranks 15th 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 1.6% (from 72.8 in 1995).

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