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Norway: Life Expectancy

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

Norway

Latest value

· 2024

83.20 Years

EU 80.77 · +2.4 pp vs Europe

European ranking

7 / 35

Up 1 positions compared with previous year

Population

5.6M

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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· 2024 · 6 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1

    Vestlandet

    +0.48

    83.60

  2. 2

    Trøndelag

    +0.24

    83.40

  3. 2

    Oslo og Viken

    +0.24

    83.40

  4. 4

    Agder og Sør-Østlandet

    -0.48

    82.80

  5. 5

    Nord-Norge

    -0.72

    82.60

  6. 6

    Innlandet

    -1.20

    82.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Norway performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Norway

In Norway, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 83.2 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.4 years.

Recent trend

In Norway, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 83.0 years in 2019 to 83.2 years in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 83.1 years in 2023, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Norway

In Norway, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 6 comparable regions, Vestlandet records the highest value (83.6 Years) and Innlandet the lowest (82.2 Years), a gap of 1.4 years.

Reading within the topic

In Norway, 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.