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Hungary: Life Expectancy

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

· 2024

76.80 Years

EU 80.77 · -4.0 pp vs Europe

European ranking

30 / 35

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

9.6M

Country population · 2024

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 · 8 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +2.73

    78.90

  2. 2

    Pest

    +0.91

    77.50

  3. 2
    +0.91

    77.50

  4. 4
    +0.39

    77.10

  5. 5
    +0.00

    76.80

  6. 6
    -0.39

    76.50

  7. 7
    -1.69

    75.50

  8. 8
    -2.21

    75.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Hungary 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. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Hungary

In Hungary, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 76.8 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 4.0 years.

Recent trend

In Hungary, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 76.5 years in 2019 to 76.8 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 76.7 years in 2023, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.

Regional differences in Hungary

In Hungary, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Budapest records the highest value (78.9 Years) and Észak-Magyarország the lowest (75.1 Years), a gap of 3.8 years.

Reading within the topic

In Hungary, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.