TOPIC · 17 INDICATORS · EUROSTAT

Health

Mortality, hospital infrastructure, health workforce, causes of death and self-reported health status across EU member states, drawn from Eurostat's health statistics programme.

EU-27 average

81.5

Range (min)

75.8

Range (max)

84.0

Countries covered

27/27

Health across the EU

Latest values for Life expectancy by age and sex (2024) across 27 EU member states. Click a country tile for its full profile.

75.8 84.0

Top 10 · highest life expectancy by age and sex

1Spain84.0
2Sweden83.8
3Italy83.7
4Cyprus83.5
5Luxembourg83.2
6Ireland83.1
7France83.0
8Malta83.0
9Portugal82.5
10Belgium82.4

Bottom 10 · lowest life expectancy by age and sex

27Bulgaria75.8
26Latvia76.4
25Romania76.5
24Hungary76.8
23Lithuania77.5
22Slovakia78.4
21Poland78.5
20Croatia78.9
19Estonia79.4
18Czechia80.1

Snapshot year 2024 · 27 countries covered · EU-27 avg 81.5

All indicators in this topic

Every Eurostat indicator currently held for this topic, grouped into reader-friendly clusters. Each card links to the cross-country profile with the full time series.

Life expectancy & mortality

1 indicator

Infant mortality rate

tps00027 · 28 countries

3.50

EU-27 · 2024

Causes of death

3 indicators

Health workforce & infrastructure

7 indicators

Other indicators

6 indicators

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (17 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Ranking snapshots use the most recent year with at least 18 covered member states; smaller samples are flagged. See methodology for the full ranking rules and data caveats.

Last refreshed: 2026-07-13 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API