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Italy: Life expectancy at birth

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

Country overview

Italy

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

Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth

Latest value

83.70 Years

European ranking

31 / 35

Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+2.9 puntos

Italy is 2.9 points above the European average.

EU: 80.77

Affected population

58.9M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 83.70 Years Europe benchmark: 80.77 Years

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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth

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At a glance

Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Italy

In Italy, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 83.7 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.9 years.

Recent trend

In Italy, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 83.6 years in 2019 to 83.7 years in 2024. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 83.5 years in 2023 to 83.7 years in 2024, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.

Reading within the topic

In Italy, 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.