Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for life expectancy by age and sex was 84.1.

That is a 0.1% rose versus 2023 (84.0).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 0.1% higher.

Across member states, Spain reported the highest value (86.5, 2024) and Bulgaria the lowest (79.5, 2024).

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset demo_mlexpec; every value links back to the canonical source.