Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Netherlands's life expectancy by age and sex decreased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 83.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 84.1.

Netherlands ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.5% (from 83.7 in 2019).

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