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Denmark: Life expectancy at birth

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

Country overview

Denmark

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

Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth

Latest value

82.00 Years

European ranking

18 / 35

Improved by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+1.2 puntos

Denmark is 1.2 points above the European average.

EU: 80.77

Affected population

6.0M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 82.00 Years Europe benchmark: 80.77 Years

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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth

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At a glance

Denmark performs more 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 points to broader relative strength.

European comparison in Denmark

In Denmark, Life expectancy is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 82.0 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, with a gap of 1.2 years.

Recent trend

In Denmark, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 81.5 years in 2019 to 82.0 years in 2024. The latest step, from 81.8 years in 2023 to 82.0 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Reading within the topic

In Denmark, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.