European ranking
26 / 35
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
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
Recent trend
Open trendPopulation
36.6M
Country population · 2024
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
· 2024 · 17 regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
79.90
79.60
79.50
79.30
78.70
78.60
78.60
78.50
78.20
78.20
78.10
78.00
78.00
77.90
77.90
77.70
77.50
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.