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Spain: Life Expectancy

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

Latest value

· 2024

84.00 Years

EU 80.77 · +3.2 pp vs Europe

European ranking

3 / 35

No change compared with previous year

Population

48.6M

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 · 19 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1
    +2.02

    85.70

  2. 2
    +0.95

    84.80

  3. 3
    +0.83

    84.70

  4. 3
    +0.83

    84.70

  5. 5

    Aragón

    +0.36

    84.30

  6. 5
    +0.36

    84.30

  7. 7

    Galicia

    +0.24

    84.20

  8. 8
    +0.00

    84.00

  9. 9
    -0.12

    83.90

  10. 9
    -0.12

    83.90

  11. 11
    -0.60

    83.50

  12. 11
    -0.60

    83.50

  13. 11
    -0.60

    83.50

  14. 14
    -0.71

    83.40

  15. 15
    -0.83

    83.30

  16. 16
    -0.95

    83.20

  17. 17
    -1.31

    82.90

  18. 17
    -1.31

    82.90

  19. 19
    -2.50

    81.90

More context on this indicator

At a glance

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

European comparison in Spain

In Spain, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 84.0 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 3.2 years.

Recent trend

In Spain, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 84.0 years in 2019 to 84.0 years in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 84.0 years in 2023, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Spain

In Spain, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 19 comparable regions, Comunidad de Madrid records the highest value (85.7 Years) and Ciudad de Ceuta the lowest (81.9 Years), a gap of 3.8 years.

Reading within the topic

In Spain, 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.