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Poland: Life Expectancy

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

Latest value

· 2024

78.50 Years

EU 80.77 · -2.3 pp vs Europe

European ranking

26 / 35

Down 1 positions compared with previous year

Population

36.6M

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 · 17 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1
    +1.78

    79.90

  2. 2
    +1.40

    79.60

  3. 3
    +1.27

    79.50

  4. 4
    +1.02

    79.30

  5. 5
    +0.25

    78.70

  6. 6
    +0.13

    78.60

  7. 6
    +0.13

    78.60

  8. 8
    +0.00

    78.50

  9. 9
    -0.38

    78.20

  10. 9
    -0.38

    78.20

  11. 11
    -0.51

    78.10

  12. 12
    -0.64

    78.00

  13. 12
    -0.64

    78.00

  14. 14
    -0.76

    77.90

  15. 14
    -0.76

    77.90

  16. 16
    -1.02

    77.70

  17. 17
    -1.27

    77.50

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Poland 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 is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Poland

In Poland, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 78.5 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.3 years.

Recent trend

In Poland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 78.0 years in 2019 to 78.5 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 78.4 years in 2023, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.

Regional differences in Poland

In Poland, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 17 comparable regions, Warszawski stołeczny records the highest value (79.9 Years) and Łódzkie the lowest (77.5 Years), a gap of 2.4 years.

Reading within the topic

In Poland, 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.