Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1983, Sweden's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.4% compared to 1982, reaching 79.8.

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 1.3% (from 78.8 in 1978).

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