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Lithuania: Life Expectancy

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

Latest value

ยท 2024

77.50 Years

EU 80.77 ยท -3.3 pp vs Europe

European ranking

29 / 35

Down 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

2.9M

Country population ยท 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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ยท 2024 ยท 2 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1
    +0.65

    78.00

  2. 2
    -0.39

    77.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Lithuania performs less 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 is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Lithuania

In Lithuania, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 77.5 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 3.3 years.

Recent trend

In Lithuania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 76.5 years in 2019 to 77.5 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 77.6 years in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.

Reading within the topic

In Lithuania, 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.