Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1982, Sweden's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 1981, reaching 73.5.

Sweden ranks 2nd 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 1.5% (from 72.4 in 1977).

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