European ranking
14 / 35
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
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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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
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.
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.
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.
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.