List of European countries by life expectancy

This is a list of European countries by life expectancy.

Life expectancy by country (World Bank Group, 2020)

Map of the European countries by life expectancy in 2020 according to the World Bank

  More than 82 years

  Between 80 and 82 years

  Between 78 and 80 years

  Between 75 and 78 years

  Between 73 and 75 years

  Less than 73 years

  No data

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2020 according to the World Bank Group.^[1][2][3] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Europe. In the World Bank Group list and, accordingly, in this list, there are no mini-states with a population of several tens of thousands of people (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City). The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places, illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

Countries	all	male	female	gender gap	Δ 2019 all	Δ 2019 male	Δ 2019 female	Δ 2019 gen. gap
Norway	83.21	81.60	84.90	3.30	0.25	0.30	0.20	−0.10
Switzerland	83.10	81.10	85.20	4.10	−0.80	−1.00	−0.60	0.40
Faroe Islands	83.09	80.80	85.50	4.70	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.00
Iceland	83.07	81.70	84.50	2.80	−0.10	0.00	−0.20	−0.20
Malta	82.65	80.80	84.60	3.80	−0.20	−0.40	0.00	0.40
Sweden	82.41	80.70	84.20	3.50	−0.70	−0.80	−0.60	0.20
Italy	82.34	80.10	84.70	4.60	−1.15	−1.30	−1.00	0.30
Spain	82.33	79.70	85.10	5.40	−1.50	−1.40	−1.60	−0.20
Ireland	82.20	80.40	84.10	3.70	−0.50	−0.40	−0.60	−0.20
Gibraltar	82.20	80.25	84.11	3.86	−0.17	−0.12	−0.18	−0.05
France	82.18	79.20	85.30	6.10	−0.65	−0.70	−0.60	0.10
Finland	82.13	79.40	85.00	5.60	0.15	0.10	0.20	0.10
Liechtenstein	81.81	80.10	83.60	3.50	−2.35	−2.50	−2.20	0.30
Luxembourg	81.74	79.40	84.20	4.80	−0.90	−0.80	−1.00	−0.20
Denmark	81.55	79.60	83.60	4.00	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.00
Netherlands	81.41	79.80	83.10	3.30	−0.70	−0.80	−0.60	0.20
Cyprus	81.39	79.34	83.45	4.10	−0.01	−0.16	0.18	0.34
Channel Islands	81.26	79.14	83.39	4.25	−0.13	−0.12	−0.11	0.01
Austria	81.19	78.90	83.60	4.70	−0.70	−0.80	−0.60	0.20
Greece	81.09	78.60	83.70	5.10	−0.55	−0.60	−0.50	0.10
Portugal	80.98	78.00	84.10	6.10	−0.70	−0.70	−0.70	0.00
Germany	80.94	78.60	83.40	4.80	−0.35	−0.40	−0.30	0.10
United Kingdom	80.90	79.00	82.90	3.90	−0.30	−0.40	−0.20	0.20
Belgium	80.80	78.60	83.10	4.50	−1.20	−1.20	−1.20	0.00
Isle of Man	80.59	78.67	82.54	3.86	−0.15	−0.19	−0.09	0.09
Slovenia	80.53	77.80	83.40	5.60	−1.00	−0.90	−1.10	−0.20
European Union	80.47	77.75	83.33	5.57	−0.85	−0.91	−0.78	0.13
Estonia	78.35	74.20	82.70	8.50	−0.30	−0.30	−0.30	0.00
Czechia	78.23	75.30	81.30	6.00	−1.00	−1.10	−0.90	0.20
Croatia	77.72	74.70	80.90	6.20	−0.70	−0.70	−0.70	0.00
Albania	76.99	74.63	79.68	5.04	−2.29	−2.54	−1.99	0.55
Slovakia	76.87	73.50	80.40	6.90	−0.80	−0.80	−0.80	0.00
Poland	76.60	72.60	80.80	8.20	−1.30	−1.50	−1.10	0.40
Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.22	74.04	78.41	4.37	−1.02	−1.17	−0.81	0.36
Montenegro	75.93	73.20	78.80	5.60	−0.75	−0.80	−0.70	0.10
Turkey	75.85	72.77	79.06	6.29	−1.98	−1.91	−1.89	0.02
North Macedonia	75.69	73.62	77.87	4.25	−0.91	−1.08	−0.73	0.35
Hungary	75.62	72.30	79.10	6.80	−0.70	−0.80	−0.60	0.20
Latvia	75.39	70.90	80.10	9.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Lithuania	74.93	70.10	80.00	9.90	−1.35	−1.50	−1.20	0.30
Romania	74.35	70.50	78.40	7.90	−1.25	−1.40	−1.10	0.30
Serbia	74.23	71.40	77.20	5.80	−1.71	−2.00	−1.40	0.60
Belarus	74.23	69.30	79.40	10.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Bulgaria	73.61	69.90	77.50	7.60	−1.50	−1.70	−1.30	0.40
Georgia	72.77	67.74	77.87	10.13	−0.70	−0.75	−0.56	0.20
World	72.27	69.82	74.88	5.06	−0.71	−0.80	−0.59	0.21
Armenia	72.17	67.05	77.00	9.94	−3.27	−3.35	−2.86	0.49
Kazakhstan	71.37	67.09	75.53	8.44	−1.81	−1.73	−1.77	−0.04
Russia	71.34	66.49	76.43	9.94	−1.75	−1.75	−1.74	0.01
Ukraine	71.19	66.39	76.22	9.83	−0.64	−0.53	−0.76	−0.23
Moldova	70.17	65.69	74.85	9.16	−0.77	−0.69	−0.77	−0.08
Azerbaijan	66.87	62.99	71.00	8.01	−6.23	−7.24	−4.83	2.41

Life expectancy by country (World Bank Group, 2019)

For comparison, life expectancy at birth for 2019 according to the World Bank Group.^[1][2][3]

Interactive chart of male and female life expectancy in Europe as defined by WHO for 2019. Open the original chart and hover over chart elements. The squares of bubbles are proportional to population according to estimation of the UN for 2019.

Life expectancy in the largest by population European countries since 1960

Life expectancy in some European countries since 1960

Life expectancy in some European countries since 1960

Life expectancy in the largest post-USSR countries located at the territory of Europe since 1960

Countries	all	male	female	gender gap	Δ 2014	Δ 2000
Liechtenstein	84.16	82.60	85.80	3.20	2.09	7.33
Switzerland	83.90	82.10	85.80	3.70	0.71	4.22
Spain	83.83	81.10	86.70	5.60	0.60	4.87
Italy	83.50	81.40	85.70	4.30	0.41	3.72
Iceland	83.16	81.70	84.70	3.00	0.30	3.51
Sweden	83.11	81.50	84.80	3.30	0.86	3.47
Norway	82.96	81.30	84.70	3.40	0.86	4.32
Malta	82.86	81.20	84.60	3.40	0.81	4.51
France	82.83	79.90	85.90	6.00	0.11	3.77
Faroe Islands	82.79	80.50	85.20	4.70	1.20	4.36
Ireland	82.70	80.80	84.70	3.90	1.35	6.17
Luxembourg	82.64	80.20	85.20	5.00	0.41	4.77
Gibraltar	82.36	80.37	84.29	3.91	0.48	0.99
Netherlands	82.11	80.60	83.70	3.10	0.40	4.12
Belgium	82.00	79.80	84.30	4.50	0.71	4.27
Finland	81.98	79.30	84.80	5.50	0.80	4.52
Austria	81.90	79.70	84.20	4.50	0.40	3.77
Portugal	81.68	78.70	84.80	6.10	0.55	5.36
Greece	81.64	79.20	84.20	5.00	0.25	3.75
Slovenia	81.53	78.70	84.50	5.80	0.45	6.12
Denmark	81.45	79.50	83.50	4.00	0.75	4.86
Cyprus	81.40	79.51	83.27	3.76	0.63	4.83
Channel Islands	81.39	79.27	83.50	4.23	-0.49	2.23
European Union	81.31	78.67	84.11	5.44	0.44	4.24
Germany	81.29	79.00	83.70	4.70	0.20	3.37
United Kingdom	81.20	79.40	83.10	3.70	-0.10	3.46
Isle of Man	80.74	78.86	82.63	3.77	0.70	6.01
Albania	79.28	77.17	81.67	4.50	0.88	3.88
Czechia	79.23	76.40	82.20	5.80	0.40	4.26
Estonia	78.65	74.50	83.00	8.50	1.61	8.23
Croatia	78.42	75.40	81.60	6.20	0.95	5.62
Poland	77.90	74.10	81.90	7.80	0.30	4.16
Turkey	77.83	74.68	80.95	6.27	1.27	5.97
Slovakia	77.67	74.30	81.20	6.90	0.85	4.61
Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.24	75.21	79.22	4.01	1.58	2.75
Montenegro	76.68	74.00	79.50	5.50	0.24	2.86
North Macedonia	76.60	74.70	78.60	3.90	1.15	3.66
Hungary	76.32	73.10	79.70	6.60	0.56	5.07
Lithuania	76.28	71.60	81.20	9.60	1.77	4.26
Serbia	75.94	73.40	78.60	5.20	0.60	4.35
Romania	75.61	71.90	79.50	7.60	0.70	4.44
Armenia	75.44	70.40	79.86	9.45	1.38	4.81
Latvia	75.39	70.90	80.10	9.20	1.26	5.07
Bulgaria	75.11	71.60	78.80	7.20	0.65	3.45
Belarus	74.23	69.30	79.40	10.10	1.26	5.31
Georgia	73.47	68.49	78.43	9.94	0.37	3.89
Kazakhstan	73.18	68.82	77.30	8.48	1.74	7.73
Azerbaijan	73.10	70.23	75.83	5.60	1.99	8.21
Russia	73.08	68.24	78.17	9.93	2.34	7.60
World	72.98	70.62	75.47	4.85	1.10	5.28
Ukraine	71.83	66.92	76.98	10.06	0.64	4.15
Moldova	70.94	66.38	75.62	9.24	1.90	4.52

Life expectancy by country (WHO, 2019)

List of countries by life expectancy for 2019 according to the World Health Organization.^[4][5] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Europe. In the WHO list and, accordingly, in this list, there are no mini-states with a population of several tens of thousands of people (Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City).

Countries	Life expectancy at birth					HALE at birth					Life expectancy at age 60					HALE at age 60
	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000
Switzerland	83.4	81.8	85.1	3.3	3.7	72.5	72.2	72.8	0.6	3.2	25.4	24.1	26.6	2.5	2.4	19.5	18.8	20.2	1.4	1.8
Spain	83.2	80.7	85.7	5.0	4.1	72.1	71.3	72.9	1.6	3.0	25.4	23.3	27.3	4.0	2.7	19.2	18.0	20.3	2.3	1.9
Cyprus	83.1	81.1	85.1	4.0	4.4	72.4	71.8	73.0	1.2	3.3	24.9	23.3	26.4	3.1	3.0	19.0	18.1	19.9	1.8	2.2
Italy	83.0	80.9	84.9	4.0	3.6	71.9	71.2	72.6	1.4	2.9	25.0	23.4	26.5	3.1	2.5	18.9	17.9	19.8	1.9	1.8
Norway	82.6	81.1	84.1	3.0	4.1	71.4	71.0	71.6	0.6	3.0	24.7	23.5	25.8	2.3	2.7	18.5	17.8	19.1	1.3	1.8
France	82.5	79.8	85.1	5.3	3.6	72.1	71.1	73.1	2.0	2.8	25.3	23.3	27.2	3.9	2.3	19.7	18.5	20.8	2.3	1.7
Sweden	82.4	80.8	84.0	3.2	2.8	71.9	71.7	72.1	0.4	2.0	24.5	23.3	25.6	2.3	2.1	18.9	18.3	19.4	1.1	1.5
Luxembourg	82.4	80.6	84.2	3.6	4.2	71.6	71.1	72.0	0.9	3.3	24.4	22.9	25.8	2.9	2.6	18.5	17.7	19.3	1.6	1.8
Iceland	82.3	80.8	83.9	3.1	2.6	72.0	71.7	72.3	0.6	2.2	24.6	23.7	25.5	1.8	2.0	19.0	18.6	19.4	0.8	1.6
Malta	81.9	79.9	83.8	3.9	4.0	71.5	70.9	71.9	1.0	3.0	24.5	23.0	25.9	2.9	3.7	18.9	18.0	19.6	1.6	2.7	Template:Country data Malta
Netherlands	81.8	80.4	83.1	2.7	3.8	71.4	71.3	71.5	0.2	2.6	24.1	23.0	25.1	2.1	2.8	18.4	17.9	18.9	1.0	1.8
Ireland	81.8	80.2	83.5	3.3	5.4	71.1	70.7	71.4	0.7	4.0	24.2	23.0	25.3	2.3	4.0	18.6	18.0	19.2	1.2	2.9
Germany	81.7	78.7	84.8	6.1	3.6	70.9	69.7	72.1	2.4	2.4	24.4	21.9	26.9	5.0	2.6	18.5	17.0	19.9	2.9	1.7
Portugal	81.6	78.6	84.4	5.8	5.0	71.0	69.6	72.2	2.6	4.2	24.3	22.1	26.3	4.2	3.1	18.6	17.3	19.8	2.5	2.3
Finland	81.6	79.2	84.0	4.8	4.0	71.0	69.9	72.0	2.1	3.2	24.2	22.4	25.8	3.4	2.6	18.5	17.3	19.5	2.2	2.0
Austria	81.6	79.4	83.8	4.4	3.4	70.9	69.9	71.9	2.0	2.7	24.1	22.4	25.6	3.2	2.1	18.3	17.2	19.4	2.2	1.6
Belgium	81.4	79.3	83.5	4.2	3.7	70.6	69.8	71.3	1.5	2.8	24.0	22.3	25.6	3.3	2.4	18.2	17.2	19.1	1.9	1.6
United Kingdom	81.4	79.8	83.0	3.2	3.5	70.1	69.6	70.6	1.0	2.5	24.1	23.0	25.2	2.2	2.8	18.3	17.6	18.9	1.3	2.0
Denmark	81.3	79.6	83.0	3.4	4.4	71.0	70.7	71.4	0.7	3.4	23.6	22.3	24.9	2.6	3.0	18.2	17.6	18.9	1.3	2.2
Slovenia	81.3	78.6	84.1	5.5	5.2	70.7	69.0	72.5	3.5	4.2	23.8	21.8	25.6	3.8	3.3	17.8	16.4	19.2	2.8	2.5
Greece	81.1	78.6	83.6	5.0	2.9	70.9	69.9	71.9	2.0	2.3	23.8	22.1	25.5	3.4	2.3	18.4	17.3	19.5	2.2	1.6
Czechia	79.1	76.3	81.9	5.6	4.1	68.8	67.0	70.6	3.6	2.9	22.1	19.9	24.0	4.1	2.8	16.3	14.7	17.8	3.1	1.7
Estonia	78.9	74.7	82.6	7.9	8.0	69.2	66.4	71.7	5.3	6.6	22.5	19.3	25.0	5.7	3.9	17.3	14.8	19.1	4.3	3.0
Croatia	78.6	75.5	81.6	6.1	4.2	68.6	66.7	70.5	3.8	3.2	21.8	19.4	23.7	4.3	2.8	16.2	14.6	17.7	3.1	1.8
Turkey	78.6	76.4	80.7	4.3	4.2	68.4	67.8	69.0	1.2	3.4	22.0	20.6	23.2	2.6	0.5	16.6	15.8	17.3	1.5	0.3
Poland	78.3	74.5	81.9	7.4	4.6	68.7	65.9	71.3	5.4	3.7	22.1	19.5	24.3	4.8	2.9	16.8	14.9	18.5	3.6	2.1
Slovakia	78.2	74.8	81.4	6.6	4.9	68.5	66.2	70.8	4.6	3.8	21.8	19.3	23.9	4.6	3.3	16.6	14.6	18.2	3.6	2.4
Europe[6]	78.2	75.1	81.3	6.2	5.7	68.3	66.6	70.0	3.4	4.6	22.5	20.5	24.3	3.8	2.9	17.1	15.8	18.3	2.5	2.1
Albania	78.0	76.3	79.9	3.6	4.5	69.1	68.0	70.3	2.3	3.9	21.0	20.2	21.9	1.7	2.0	16.6	15.9	17.3	1.4	1.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.8	74.4	79.1	4.7	1.4	67.2	65.7	68.7	3.0	1.0	20.2	18.6	21.6	3.0	0.6	15.2	14.1	16.2	2.1	0.2
Hungary	76.4	73.1	79.6	6.5	5.1	67.2	65.0	69.3	4.3	4.2	20.2	17.7	22.3	4.6	2.2	15.3	13.4	16.8	3.4	1.7
Armenia	76.0	72.5	79.2	6.7	4.1	67.1	64.9	69.1	4.2	3.6	20.4	18.2	22.1	3.9	1.6	15.7	14.2	16.9	2.7	1.2
Lithuania	76.0	71.2	80.4	9.2	4.0	66.7	63.4	69.7	6.3	3.6	20.9	17.6	23.5	5.9	1.4	15.9	13.4	17.8	4.4	1.2
Montenegro	75.9	73.2	78.7	5.5	2.3	67.0	65.2	68.7	3.5	1.8	19.4	17.4	21.3	3.9	0.2	14.9	13.5	16.3	2.8	0.0
Serbia	75.9	73.5	78.3	4.8	4.5	66.9	65.4	68.4	3.0	3.5	19.6	17.9	21.1	3.2	2.5	14.9	13.7	16.0	2.3	1.7
Romania	75.6	72.0	79.3	7.3	4.2	66.8	64.3	69.4	5.1	3.5	20.3	17.8	22.4	4.6	2.1	15.7	13.8	17.3	3.5	1.6
Latvia	75.4	70.6	79.8	9.2	5.2	66.2	62.9	69.3	6.4	4.6	20.5	17.2	23.0	5.8	2.2	15.6	13.2	17.4	4.2	1.7
Bulgaria	75.1	71.6	78.6	7.0	3.5	66.3	63.9	68.7	4.8	2.8	19.8	17.4	22.0	4.6	2.2	15.2	13.4	16.9	3.5	1.5
North Macedonia	74.8	72.8	76.9	4.1	3.7	66.1	65.1	67.3	2.2	2.9	18.3	17.0	19.6	2.6	1.9	14.0	13.1	14.9	1.8	1.3
Belarus	74.8	69.7	79.6	9.9	6.0	66.0	62.3	69.4	7.1	5.2	19.7	16.0	22.5	6.5	2.5	15.1	12.3	17.2	4.9	2.0
Kazakhstan	74.0	70.0	77.6	7.6	10.9	65.0	62.4	67.4	5.0	8.9	19.5	16.8	21.4	4.6	4.2	14.8	13.0	16.2	3.2	3.0
Georgia	73.3	68.8	77.8	9.0	3.9	64.7	61.4	67.9	6.5	2.8	18.8	16.0	21.0	5.0	1.8	14.4	12.4	16.1	3.7	1.0
Moldova	73.3	69.3	77.1	7.8	6.4	64.5	61.9	67.1	5.2	5.2	19.0	16.6	20.9	4.3	3.2	14.6	12.8	16.0	3.2	2.5
World	73.3	70.8	75.9	5.1	6.5	63.7	62.5	64.9	2.4	5.4	21.1	19.5	22.7	3.2	2.3	15.8	14.8	16.6	1.8	1.7
Russia	73.2	68.2	78.0	9.8	7.9	64.2	60.7	67.5	6.8	6.9	19.9	16.8	22.2	5.4	3.5	15.0	12.8	16.7	3.9	2.7
Ukraine	73.0	68.0	77.8	9.8	5.5	64.3	60.6	67.8	7.2	4.6	19.5	16.4	21.7	5.3	2.7	15.0	12.7	16.7	4.0	2.2
Azerbaijan	71.4	68.8	74.1	5.3	5.9	63.6	62.1	65.2	3.1	5.1	17.1	15.6	18.3	2.7	0.5	13.4	12.4	14.2	1.8	0.3

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  Life expectancy and HALE in countries of Europe in 2019
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  Elaboration by gender

Map (2018)

The map and table below cites life expectancy per country from The World Bank's 2018 statistics.^[7] Hotter colours indicate lower life expectancy, colder colours indicate high life expectancy.

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74

81

77

75

78

81

79

81

78

82

83

81

82

76

83

82

83

72

74

83

76

82

82

72

77

82

76

83

78

82

75

73

76

77

81

83

83

83

75

73

82

Adriatic
Sea

Arctic Ocean

Barents Sea

Bay of
Biscay

Black
Sea

Azov
Sea

Caspian
Sea

Celtic
Sea

Greenland Sea

Baffin Bay

Gulf of
Cadiz

Ligurian
Sea

Mediterranean Sea

North
Atlantic
Ocean

North
Sea

Norwegian
Sea

Strait of Gibraltar

Life expectancy by country (2016)

Life expectancy in years in European countries, 2016

Rank	Country	Life expectancy[7]	Influenza vaccination rate, people aged 65 and over, 2016 (%)[8]
1	Template:Country data Monaco[9]	89.4
2	Template:Country data San Marino[10]	83.4
3	Switzerland	83.0
4	Spain	82.8	56%
5	Template:Country data Liechtenstein	82.7	28%
6	Italy	82.7	50%
7	Norway	82.5	38%
8	Iceland	82.5	47%
9	Luxembourg	82.3	38%
10	France	82.3	50%
11	Sweden	82.2	49%
12	Template:Country data Malta	81.8
13	Finland	81.8	47%
14	Ireland	81.6	55%
15	Netherlands	81.5	65%
16	Portugal	81.1	58%
17	Greece	81.0
18	United Kingdom	81.0	71%
19	Belgium	81.0
20	Austria	80.9
21	Slovenia	80.8	10%
22	Denmark	80.7	41%
23	Germany	80.6	35%
24	Cyprus	80.5
25	Albania	78.3
26	Czech Republic	78.3
27	Croatia	78.0	21%
28	Estonia	77.7	3%
29	Poland	77.5
30	Montenegro	77.1	13%
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.9
32	Slovakia	76.6	10%
33	Turkey	75.8	7%
34	North Macedonia	75.7	6%
35	Hungary	75.6	20%
36	Serbia	75.2	11%
37	Romania	75.0	8%
38	Bulgaria	74.6
39	Latvia	74.5	4%
40	Lithuania	74.3	23%
41	Belarus	73.8
42	Ukraine	72.1
43	Moldova	71.6
44	Russia	71.6

See also

References

Template:Lists of countries by population statistics