Life expectancy at birth, by sex

Years

The mean number of years that a newborn child can expect to live if subjected throughout his life to the current mortality conditions (age specific probabilities of dying).

Additional information on Eurostat web page

Males
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	74.5	74.6	75.2	75.4	75.8	76.1	76.4	76.7	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	75.3	75.7	75.9	75.9	76.6	76.8	77.3	77.5	77.8	78.0	..	..
Euro area (16 countries)	75.4	75.7	75.9	76.0	76.7	76.8	77.3	77.5	77.9	78.1	..	..
Belgium	74.6	74.9	75.1	75.3	76.0	76.2	76.6	77.1	76.9	77.3	77.6	..
Bulgaria	68.4	68.6	68.8	68.9	69.0	69.0	69.2	69.5	69.8	70.1	70.3	70.7
Czech Republic	71.7	72.1	72.1	72.0	72.6	72.9	73.5	73.8	74.1	74.2	74.5	74.8
Denmark	74.5	74.7	74.8	75.0	75.4	76.0	76.1	76.2	76.5	76.9	77.2	77.8
Germany	75.1	75.6	75.7	75.8	76.5	76.7	77.2	77.4	77.6	77.8	78.0	78.4
Estonia	65.2	64.8	65.2	66.1	66.4	67.3	67.4	67.2	68.7	69.8	70.6	71.2
Ireland	74.0	74.5	75.2	75.8	76.4	77.2	77.3	77.4	77.8	77.4	78.7	78.3
Greece	75.5	75.9	76.2	76.5	76.6	76.8	77.2	77.1	77.7	77.8	78.4	78.5
Spain	75.8	76.4	76.5	76.4	77.1	77.1	77.9	77.9	78.3	78.7	79.1	79.4
France	75.3	75.5	75.7	75.7	76.7	76.7	77.3	77.6	77.8	78.0	78.3	..
Italy	76.9	77.1	77.4	77.1	77.9	78.0	78.5	78.7	79.1	79.4	..	..
Cyprus	75.4	76.6	76.4	76.9	76.6	76.8	78.4	77.9	78.5	78.6	79.2	79.3
Latvia	..	..	64.7	65.6	65.9	65.4	65.4	65.8	67.0	68.1	68.6	68.6
Lithuania	66.8	65.9	66.2	66.4	66.3	65.3	65.3	64.8	66.3	67.5	68.0	68.1
Luxembourg	74.6	75.1	74.6	74.8	76.0	76.7	76.8	76.7	78.1	78.1	77.9	78.5
Hungary	67.5	68.2	68.3	68.4	68.7	68.7	69.2	69.4	70.0	70.3	70.7	71.2
Malta	76.2	76.6	76.3	76.4	77.4	77.2	77.0	77.5	77.1	77.9	79.2	..
Netherlands	75.6	75.8	76.0	76.3	76.9	77.2	77.7	78.1	78.4	78.7	78.9	79.4
Austria	75.2	75.6	75.8	75.9	76.4	76.6	77.1	77.4	77.8	77.6	77.9	78.3
Poland	69.6	70.0	70.3	70.5	70.6	70.8	70.9	71.0	71.3	71.5	72.1	72.6
Portugal	73.2	73.5	73.8	74.2	75.0	74.9	75.5	75.9	76.2	76.5	76.7	77.6
Romania	67.7	67.5	67.4	67.7	68.2	68.7	69.2	69.7	69.7	69.8	70.1 ^(p)	71.0
Slovenia	72.2	72.3	72.6	72.5	73.5	73.9	74.5	74.6	75.5	75.9	76.4	76.8
Slovakia	69.2	69.5	69.8	69.8	70.3	70.2	70.4	70.6	70.8	71.4	71.7	72.3
Finland	74.2	74.6	74.9	75.1	75.4	75.6	75.9	76.0	76.5	76.6	76.9	77.3
Sweden	77.4	77.6	77.7	78.0	78.4	78.5	78.8	79.0	79.2	79.4	79.6	79.9
United Kingdom	75.5	75.8	76.0	76.2	76.8	77.1	77.3	77.6	77.8	78.3	78.7	..
Iceland	77.8	78.3	78.6	79.5	78.9	79.6	79.5	79.6	80.0	79.8	79.8	80.7
Liechtenstein	73.9	76.3	77.1	78.4	78.6	77.4	78.9	79.1	80.0	79.5	79.5	79.5
Norway	76.0	76.2	76.4	77.1	77.6	77.8	78.2	78.3	78.4	78.7	79.0	79.1
Switzerland	77.0	77.5	77.9	78.0	78.6	78.7	79.2	79.5	79.8	79.9	80.2	80.5
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	71.4	71.5	72.1	72.8	72.9	73.5	..
Croatia	..	..	71.2	71.1	71.9	71.8	72.5	72.3	72.4	73.0	73.5	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	70.8	70.9	70.6	70.9	71.5	71.6	71.7	71.8	72.4	72.3	72.9	73.1
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	73.3	..	..
Females
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	80.9	80.8	81.5	81.6	82.0	82.2	82.4	82.6	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	81.8	82.1	82.1	81.9	82.7	82.7	83.3	83.4	83.5	83.7	..	..
Euro area (16 countries)	81.8	82.1	82.1	82.0	82.7	82.7	83.3	83.4	83.6	83.7	..	..
Belgium	81.0	81.2	81.2	81.1	81.9	81.9	82.3	82.6	82.6	82.8	83.0	..
Bulgaria	75.0	75.4	75.5	75.9	76.2	76.2	76.3	76.7	77.0	77.4	77.4	77.8
Czech Republic	78.5	78.6	78.7	78.6	79.2	79.2	79.9	80.2	80.5	80.5	80.9	81.1
Denmark	79.2	79.3	79.4	79.8	80.2	80.5	80.7	80.6	81.0	81.1	81.4	81.9
Germany	81.2	81.4	81.3	81.3	81.9	82.0	82.4	82.7	82.7	82.8	83.0	83.2
Estonia	76.2	76.4	77.0	77.1	77.8	78.1	78.6	78.8	79.5	80.2	80.8	81.3
Ireland	79.2	79.9	80.5	80.8	81.3	81.6	82.1	82.1	82.4	82.5	83.2	82.8
Greece	80.6	81.0	81.1	81.2	81.3	81.6	81.9	81.8	82.3	82.7	82.8	83.1
Spain	82.9	83.3	83.3	83.1	83.8	83.7	84.5	84.4	84.6	84.9	85.3	85.4
France	83.0	83.0	83.0	82.7	83.8	83.8	84.5	84.8	84.8	85.0	85.3	..
Italy	82.8	83.1	83.2	82.8	83.8	83.6	84.2	84.2	84.5	84.6	..	..
Cyprus	80.1	81.4	81.0	81.2	81.9	80.9	82.2	82.2	83.1	83.6	83.9	83.1
Latvia	..	..	76.0	75.8	76.2	76.5	76.3	76.5	77.8	78.0	78.4	78.8
Lithuania	77.5	77.6	77.5	77.8	77.7	77.3	77.0	77.2	77.6	78.7	78.9	79.3
Luxembourg	81.3	80.7	81.5	80.8	82.4	82.3	81.9	82.2	83.1	83.3	83.5	83.6
Hungary	76.2	76.7	76.7	76.7	77.2	77.2	77.8	77.8	78.3	78.4	78.6	78.7
Malta	80.3	81.2	81.3	80.8	81.2	81.4	81.9	82.2	82.3	82.7	83.6	..
Netherlands	80.7	80.8	80.7	81.0	81.5	81.7	82.0	82.5	82.5	82.9	83.0	83.1
Austria	81.2	81.7	81.7	81.5	82.1	82.2	82.8	83.1	83.3	83.2	83.5	83.9
Poland	78.0	78.4	78.8	78.8	79.2	79.3	79.7	79.8	80.0	80.1	80.7	81.1
Portugal	80.2	80.5	80.6	80.6	81.5	81.3	82.3	82.2	82.4	82.6	82.8	84.0
Romania	74.8	74.9	74.7	75.0	75.5	75.7	76.2	76.9	77.2	77.4	77.6 ^(p)	78.2
Slovenia	79.9	80.4	80.5	80.3	80.8	80.9	82.0	82.0	82.6	82.7	83.1	83.3
Slovakia	77.5	77.7	77.7	77.7	78.0	78.1	78.4	78.4	79.0	79.1	79.3	79.8
Finland	81.2	81.7	81.6	81.9	82.5	82.5	83.1	83.1	83.3	83.5	83.5	83.8
Sweden	82.0	82.2	82.1	82.5	82.8	82.9	83.1	83.1	83.3	83.5	83.6	83.8
United Kingdom	80.3	80.5	80.6	80.5	81.2	81.3	81.7	81.8	81.9	82.5	82.6	..
Iceland	81.6	83.2	82.5	82.5	83.2	83.5	82.9	83.4	83.3	83.8	84.1	84.1
Liechtenstein	79.9	82.4	82.3	81.6	85.1	84.1	83.1	83.6	85.5	83.6	84.3	84.2
Norway	81.5	81.6	81.6	82.1	82.5	82.7	82.9	82.9	83.2	83.2	83.3	83.6
Switzerland	82.8	83.2	83.2	83.2	83.8	84.0	84.2	84.4	84.6	84.6	84.8	85.0
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	77.0	76.6	77.2	78.1	77.6	78.4	..
Croatia	..	..	78.3	78.1	78.8	78.8	79.3	79.3	79.7	79.7	79.9	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	75.2	76.1	75.6	75.7	75.8	75.9	76.2	75.9	76.5	76.7	77.2	77.2
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	78.8	..	..

(..) - not available
(p) - provisional

Source: Eurostat