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Life Expectancy country ranking

Countries ranked by Life Expectancy across Europe.

Indicator: life_expectancy_at_birth Year: 2024 Granularity: country

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Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth

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Performance ranking

Top performing countries

Higher values indicate stronger performance.

Top country: Liechtenstein · Lowest in ranking: Georgia

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Top country: Liechtenstein · Lowest in ranking: Georgia
  • Life Expectancy ranking uses country scope for year 2024.
  • Top position: Liechtenstein (84.20).
  • Lower end: Georgia (74.90).
  • Current ranking includes 35 countries.

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

Top country: Liechtenstein · Lowest in ranking: Georgia

Indicator: Life Expectancy

Granularity: Countries

  1. 1
    –

    Liechtenstein

    84.20

    -0.40
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  2. 1
    ▲ 1

    Switzerland

    84.20

    -0.10
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  3. 3
    –

    Spain

    84.00

    +0.00
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  4. 4
    ▲ 1

    Sweden

    83.80

    +0.40
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  5. 5
    ▼ 1

    Italy

    83.70

    +0.20
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  6. 6
    ▲ 4

    Cyprus

    83.50

    +0.60
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  7. 7
    ▼ 2

    Luxembourg

    83.20

    -0.20
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  8. 7
    ▲ 1

    Norway

    83.20

    +0.10
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  9. 9
    ▲ 1

    Ireland

    83.10

    +0.20
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  10. 10
    ▼ 1

    France

    83.00

    +0.00
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  11. 10
    ▼ 5

    Malta

    83.00

    -0.40
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  12. 12
    ▲ 2

    Iceland

    82.80

    +0.40
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  13. 13
    ▼ 1

    Portugal

    82.50

    +0.00
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  14. 14
    ▼ 2

    Belgium

    82.40

    -0.10
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  15. 15
    ▲ 5

    Finland

    82.20

    +0.60
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  16. 16
    –

    Austria

    82.10

    +0.20
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  17. 16
    ▼ 1

    Slovenia

    82.10

    +0.10
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  18. 18
    –

    Denmark

    82.00

    +0.20
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  19. 19
    ▼ 1

    Greece

    81.90

    +0.10
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  20. 19
    ▼ 3

    Netherlands

    81.90

    +0.00
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  21. 21
    –

    Germany

    81.20

    +0.10
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  22. 22
    –

    Albania

    80.40

    +1.30
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  23. 23
    ▼ 1

    Czechia

    80.10

    +0.20
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  24. 24
    ▲ 4

    Turkey

    79.00

    +1.70
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  25. 25
    ▼ 2

    Croatia

    78.90

    +0.30
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  26. 26
    ▼ 2

    Poland

    78.50

    +0.10
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  27. 27
    ▼ 2

    Slovakia

    78.40

    +0.20
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  28. 28
    ▼ 2

    Montenegro

    77.60

    +0.00
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  29. 29
    ▼ 3

    Lithuania

    77.50

    -0.10
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  30. 30
    ▼ 1

    Hungary

    76.80

    +0.10
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  31. 31
    ▼ 1

    Romania

    76.50

    +0.10
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  32. 32
    ▲ 1

    Latvia

    76.40

    +0.80
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  33. 33
    ▼ 2

    Serbia

    76.20

    +0.00
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  34. 34
    ▼ 2

    Bulgaria

    75.80

    +0.00
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  35. 35
    ▼ 1

    Georgia

    74.90

    +1.20
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Ranking highlights

2024 values. Changes compare 2024 vs 2023.

Life Expectancy

Increase = better Decrease = worse

By level in 2024

Top 5 countries

2024 values

  1. #1 Liechtenstein 84.20
  2. #1 Switzerland 84.20
  3. #3 Spain 84.00
  4. #4 Sweden 83.80
  5. #5 Italy 83.70

Bottom 5 countries

2024 values

  1. #35 Georgia 74.90
  2. #34 Bulgaria 75.80
  3. #33 Serbia 76.20
  4. #32 Latvia 76.40
  5. #31 Romania 76.50

By change (2024 vs 2023)

Largest increase vs previous year

2024 vs 2023

  1. #1 Turkey +1.70
  2. #2 Albania +1.30
  3. #3 Georgia +1.20
  4. #4 Latvia +0.80
  5. #5 Cyprus +0.60

Largest decrease vs previous year

2024 vs 2023

  1. #1 Liechtenstein -0.40
  2. #2 Malta -0.40
  3. #3 Luxembourg -0.20
  4. #4 Switzerland -0.10
  5. #5 Belgium -0.10