Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1999, Sweden's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 1998, reaching 79.6.

Sweden ranks 2nd 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 0.9% (from 78.9 in 1994).

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