European ranking
33 / 35
No change from the previous year
Spain: Life expectancy at birth
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Country overview
Spain
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
84.00 Years
Compared with Europe
+3.2 puntos
Spain is 3.2 points above the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
49.1M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Spain performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Spain
In Spain, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 84.0 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 3.2 years.
Recent trend
In Spain, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 84.0 years in 2019 to 84.0 years in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 84.0 years in 2023, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In Spain, 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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.