EU 80.77
· European ranking
27 / 35
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Slovakia: Life Expectancy
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
78.40 Years
EU 80.77 · -2.4 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 · 4 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+2.81
80.60
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2+0.00
78.40
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3-0.26
78.20
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4-0.51
78.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Slovakia 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 Slovakia
In Slovakia, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 78.4 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 2.4 years.
Recent trend
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 77.8 years in 2019 to 78.4 years in 2024. The latest step, from 78.2 years in 2023 to 78.4 years in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Slovakia
In Slovakia, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Bratislava Region records the highest value (80.6 Years) and Central Slovakia the lowest (78 Years), a gap of 2.6 years.
Reading within the topic
In Slovakia, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.