European ranking
24 / 35
Improved by 2 positions since the previous year
Iceland: Life expectancy at birth
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Country overview
Iceland
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
82.80 Years
Compared with Europe
+2.0 puntos
Iceland is 2.0 points above the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
389.4K
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Iceland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent reversal.
European comparison in Iceland
In Iceland, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 82.8 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.0 years.
Recent trend
In Iceland, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 83.2 years in 2019 to 82.8 years in 2024. The latest step, from 82.4 years in 2023 to 82.8 years in 2024, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.