Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1996, Sweden's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.3% compared to 1995, reaching 79.2.

Sweden ranks 1st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 77.8 in 1991).

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