EU 80.77
· European ranking
31 / 35
No change compared with previous year
Romania: Life Expectancy
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
76.50 Years
EU 80.77 · -4.3 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
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Regional map
· 2024 · 8 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+1.70
77.80
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2+0.65
77.00
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3+0.52
76.90
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4+0.13
76.60
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5-0.13
76.40
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6-0.26
76.30
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7-1.05
75.70
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8-1.31
75.50
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Romania 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 points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Romania
In Romania, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 76.5 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 4.3 years.
Recent trend
In Romania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 75.6 years in 2019 to 76.5 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 76.4 years in 2023, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Romania
In Romania, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Bucureşti-Ilfov records the highest value (77.8 Years) and Nord-Est the lowest (75.5 Years), a gap of 2.3 years.
Reading within the topic
In Romania, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.