Romania recorded the highest increase in life expectancy in the EU. But where is our country in the European top?

Spain is the country in the European Union with the highest life expectancy, at 84 years, and is above the EU average of 81.5 years, while Romania has the third lowest life expectancy in the EU, at 76. 6 years, according to the latest data updated on Friday by the Community statistics agency Eurostat, quoted by EFE. Romania is followed in this ranking only by Latvia, with 75.9 years and Bulgaria, with 75.8 years.

In total, 15 of the 27 EU member countries exceed the EU average for life expectancy (81.5 years). The countries with the lowest life expectancy are those in Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries, while the countries in the Mediterranean, Scandinavia and Central Europe have the highest life expectancy.

Comparing this data from 2023 with that of 2019, the reference year for making comparisons, being the last before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Eurostat shows that up to 18 EU countries increased their life expectancy, while Spain remained stable , at 84 years old.

The biggest increase in life expectancy from 2019 to 2023 in Romania

Romania recorded the largest increase in life expectancy, namely by one year, followed by Lithuania (+0.8 years) and Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Malta (all with an increase of +0.7 years). At the opposite pole are Austria and Finland, which recorded the biggest decreases in life expectancy (minus 0.4 years each), followed by Estonia and the Netherlands (minus 0.2 years).

The data processed by Eurostat was collected at the end of 2023, according to which Spain has the highest life expectancy at birth in the entire European Union (84 years), followed closely by Italy (83.8 years) and Malta (83, 6 years).