EU 80.77
· European ranking
25 / 35
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Croatia: Life Expectancy
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
78.90 Years
EU 80.77 · -1.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the average number of years a newborn would live if the age-specific mortality conditions observed in the reference period remained applicable throughout life.
Higher values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Life expectancy at birth TPS00205
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Regional map
· 2024 · 4 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+1.65
80.20
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2+1.27
79.90
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3-0.51
78.50
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4-2.15
77.20
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Croatia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Croatia
In Croatia, Life expectancy is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 78.9 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, with a gap of 1.9 years.
Recent trend
In Croatia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 78.6 years in 2019 to 78.9 years in 2024. The latest step, from 78.6 years in 2023 to 78.9 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Croatia
In Croatia, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Grad Zagreb records the highest value (80.2 Years) and Panonska Hrvatska the lowest (77.2 Years), a gap of 3 years.
Reading within the topic
In Croatia, 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.