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2 / 35
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Bulgaria: Life expectancy at birth
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Bulgaria
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
75.80 Years
Compared with Europe
-5.0 puntos
Bulgaria is 5.0 points below the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
6.4M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Bulgaria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 75.8 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 5.0 years.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 75.1 years in 2019 to 75.8 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 75.8 years in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Bulgaria, 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.