Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2007, Italy's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.2% compared to 2006, reaching 81.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 79.1.

Italy ranks 1st 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 1.5% (from 80.4 in 2002).

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