European ranking
34 / 35
No change from the previous year
Switzerland: Life expectancy at birth
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Country overview
Switzerland
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
84.20 Years
Compared with Europe
+3.4 puntos
Switzerland is 3.4 points above the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
9.1M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Switzerland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 84.2 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 3.4 years.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 84.0 years in 2019 to 84.2 years in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 84.3 years in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.