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North Macedonia: Life expectancy at birth

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Country: North Macedonia Indicator: Life expectancy at birth Year: 2021

Country overview

North Macedonia

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

Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth

Latest value

73.20 Years

European ranking

5 / 34

Improved by 2 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-5.9 puntos

North Macedonia is 5.9 points below the European average.

EU: 79.13

Affected population

1.8M

Year: 2025

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Open trend

Latest: 73.20 Years Europe benchmark: 79.13 Years

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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth

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At a glance

North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration.

European comparison in North Macedonia

In North Macedonia, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 73.2 years versus 79.1 years in 2021, a large gap of 5.9 years.

Recent trend

In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 75.4 years in 2016 to 73.2 years in 2021. The latest step, from 74.4 years in 2020 to 73.2 years in 2021, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.