Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1981, Sweden's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.4% compared to 1980, reaching 79.3.

Sweden ranks 1st out of 17 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 78.0 in 1976).

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