Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2021, Italy's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2020, reaching 84.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 82.9.

Italy ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.8% (from 85.6 in 2016).

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