Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Spain's life expectancy by age and sex decreased by 0.2% compared to 2023, reaching 86.5.

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

Spain 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 fallen by 0.2% (from 86.7 in 2019).

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