European ranking
25 / 35
Worsened by 2 positions since the previous year
France: Life expectancy at birth
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Country overview
France
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
83.00 Years
Compared with Europe
+2.2 puntos
France is 2.2 points above the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
68.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
France performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in France
In France, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 83.0 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.2 years.
Recent trend
In France, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 83.0 years in 2019 to 83.0 years in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 83.0 years in 2023, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In France, 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.