European ranking
23 / 35
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
82.50 Years
European ranking
23 / 35
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
+1.7 puntos
Portugal is 1.7 points above the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
10.7M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
Portugal 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.
In Portugal, Life expectancy is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 82.5 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, with a gap of 1.7 years.
In Portugal, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 81.9 years in 2019 to 82.5 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 82.5 years in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
In Portugal, 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.