European ranking
17 / 35
Worsened by 3 positions since the previous year
Netherlands: Life expectancy at birth
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Country overview
Netherlands
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
81.90 Years
Compared with Europe
+1.1 puntos
Netherlands is 1.1 points above the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
18.0M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Netherlands performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Netherlands
In Netherlands, Life expectancy is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 81.9 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, with a gap of 1.1 years.
Recent trend
In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 82.2 years in 2019 to 81.9 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 81.9 years in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.
Reading within the topic
In Netherlands, 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 improvement.