European ranking
9 / 35
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Slovakia: Life expectancy at birth
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Slovakia
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
78.40 Years
Compared with Europe
-2.4 puntos
Slovakia is 2.4 points below the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
5.4M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Slovakia 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 points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Slovakia
In Slovakia, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 78.4 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.4 years.
Recent trend
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 77.8 years in 2019 to 78.4 years in 2024. The latest step, from 78.2 years in 2023 to 78.4 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Slovakia, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.