Spain is the country with the highest life expectancy in the EU: 84 years of age

Spain is a country of the European Union (EU) Records high life expectancy, age 84And above the Community average, which is 81.5 years, as shown in the latest figures updated this Friday by the Community statistics agency Eurostat.

These are preliminary data collected at the end of 2023, according to which Spain has the highest life expectancy at birth (84 years) in the entire EU, followed very closely. Italy ranked second (83.8 years)

and in the Third place for Malta (83.6 years),

Overall, 15 of the 27 EU countries exceed the EU average (81.5 years) in terms of life expectancy. The lowest life expectancy is recorded in Bulgaria (75.8 years), followed by Latvia (75.9 years) and Romania (76.6 years).

In general, countries that have The lowest life expectancy is in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, while the countries of Mediterranean, Scandinavia and Central Europe Highest records.

This is the life expectancy of all EU countries, ranked from highest to lowest: Spain (84); Italy (83.8); Malta (83.6); Sweden (83.4); Luxembourg (83.4); France (83.1); Belgium (82.5); Cyprus (82.5); Portugal (82.4); Netherlands (82); Slovenia (82); Denmark (81.9); Finland (81.7); Greece (81.6); Austria (81.6); Germany (81.2); Czech Republic (80); Estonia (78.8); Croatia (78.8); Poland (78.6); Slovakia (78.1); Lithuania (77.3); Hungary (76.9); Romania (76.6); Latvia (75.9); Bulgaria (75.8).

Comparing these figures for 2023 with records for 2019, the reference year for establishing comparisons, being the last before the outbreak of the pandemic, reveals that 18 EU countries have increased their life expectancySpain, on the other hand, remains stable even at the age of 84.

He The largest increase from 2019 to 2023 is in RomaniaWith 1 year more life expectancy, followed by Lithuania (+0.8 years) and Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Malta (all with an increase of +0.7 years).

In contrast, Austria and Finland recorded the largest declines (-0.4 years each), followed by Estonia and the Netherlands (-0.2 years).