EU 80.77
· European ranking
1 / 35
No change compared with previous year
Switzerland: Life Expectancy
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
84.20 Years
EU 80.77 · +3.4 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 · 7 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+1.19
85.20
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2+0.48
84.60
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2+0.48
84.60
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4+0.00
84.20
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5-0.12
84.10
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6-0.36
83.90
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7-0.48
83.80
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Switzerland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Life expectancy stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 84.2 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 3.4 years.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 84.0 years in 2019 to 84.2 years in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 84.3 years in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 7 comparable regions, Ticino records the highest value (85.2 Years) and Espace Mittelland the lowest (83.8 Years), a gap of 1.4 years.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.