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Croatia: Life expectancy at birth

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

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

Country overview

Croatia

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

Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth

Latest value

78.90 Years

European ranking

11 / 35

Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-1.9 puntos

Croatia is 1.9 points below the European average.

EU: 80.77

Affected population

3.9M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 78.90 Years Europe benchmark: 80.77 Years

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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth

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At a glance

Croatia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Croatia

In Croatia, Life expectancy is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 78.9 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, with a gap of 1.9 years.

Recent trend

In Croatia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 78.6 years in 2019 to 78.9 years in 2024. The latest step, from 78.6 years in 2023 to 78.9 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Reading within the topic

In Croatia, Quality of Life & Household Conditions shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.