European ranking
4 / 35
Improved by 2 positions since the previous year
Latvia: Life expectancy at birth
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Latvia
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
76.40 Years
Compared with Europe
-4.4 puntos
Latvia is 4.4 points below the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
1.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Latvia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Latvia
In Latvia, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 76.4 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 4.4 years.
Recent trend
In Latvia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 75.7 years in 2019 to 76.4 years in 2024. The latest step, from 75.6 years in 2023 to 76.4 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Latvia, 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. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.