Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1998, Sweden's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 1997, reaching 79.5.

Sweden ranks 1st out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 78.2 in 1993).

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