Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Spain's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 81.4.

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

Spain 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 grown by 0.4% (from 81.1 in 2019).

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