Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Poland's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 78.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 81.5.

Poland ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.6% (from 78.0 in 2019).

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