Life expectancy at birth by sex

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for life expectancy at birth by sex was 163 .

That is a 0.1% rose versus 2023 (163).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 0.2% higher.

Across member states, Spain reported the highest value (168, 2024) and Bulgaria the lowest (152, 2024).

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00205; every value links back to the canonical source.