Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Netherlands's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 80.5.

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

Netherlands ranks 8th 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 0.1% (from 80.6 in 2019).

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