EU 80.77
· European ranking
9 / 35
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Ireland: Life Expectancy
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
83.10 Years
EU 80.77 · +2.3 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
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2024 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+0.12
83.20
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1+0.12
83.20
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3-0.48
82.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Ireland performs more 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 relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 83.1 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.3 years.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 82.8 years in 2019 to 83.1 years in 2024. The latest step, from 82.9 years in 2023 to 83.1 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Ireland
In Ireland, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Northern and Western Ireland records the highest value (83.2 Years) and Southern Ireland the lowest (82.7 Years), a gap of 0.5 years.
Reading within the topic
In Ireland, 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 improvement.