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Albania: Life expectancy at birth

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Albania Indicator: Life expectancy at birth Year: 2024

Country overview

Albania

Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth

Latest value

80.40 Years

European ranking

14 / 35

Compared with Europe

-0.4 puntos

Albania is 0.4 points below the European average.

EU: 80.77

Affected population

2.4M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

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Latest: 80.40 Years Europe benchmark: 80.77 Years

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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth

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At a glance

Albania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.

European comparison in Albania

In Albania, Life expectancy is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 80.4 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a gap of 0.4 years.

Recent trend

In Albania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 79.1 years in 2019 to 80.4 years in 2024. The latest step, from 79.1 years in 2022 to 80.4 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Reading within the topic

In Albania, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.