Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Ireland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.4% compared to 2023, reaching 81.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 78.9.

Ireland ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.7% (from 80.8 in 2019).

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