Romania Has the Largest Increase in Life Expectancy in the EU, Eurostat Data Shows

According to Eurostat, the largest increase in life expectancy from 2019 to 2023 was recorded in Romania, the increase in life expectancy being 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).

Regarding the top of life expectancy in EU countries, Spain is the country with the highest life expectancy, at 84 years, and it is above the Community average, which is 81.5 years.

Romania, on the other hand, has the third lowest life expectancy in the EU, at 76.6 years. It 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).

In general, 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.

Life expectancy of all EU countries, ordered from highest to lowest:

• Spain (84 years)
• Italy (83.8 years)
• 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)

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