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EU regions (NUTS 2) by life expectancy

Community of Madrid had the highest life expectancy of 244 regions in 2017, at 84.5 years. Severozapaden had the lowest, at 73.2 years. The median was 81.3 years and the figure for the European Union (27) was 80.7 years. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest84.5Community of Madrid
Lowest73.2Severozapaden
Median81.3244 regions
European Union (27)80.7History

Top 40 regions, 2017

CSVChart (SVG)

Community of MadridCommunity of Madrid: 84.5 years84.5Provincia Autonoma di TrentoProvincia Autonoma di Trento: 84.3 years84.3Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 84 years84Castile and LeónCastile and León: 83.9 years83.9NavarreNavarre: 83.9 years83.9Ile-de-FranceIle-de-France: 83.8 years83.8ÅlandÅland: 83.7 years83.7La RiojaLa Rioja: 83.7 years83.7UmbriaUmbria: 83.7 years83.7Basque CountryBasque Country: 83.6 years83.6VenetoVeneto: 83.6 years83.6Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna: 83.5 years83.5LombardiaLombardia: 83.5 years83.5MarcheMarche: 83.5 years83.5Rhône-AlpesRhône-Alpes: 83.5 years83.5ToscanaToscana: 83.5 years83.5CataloniaCatalonia: 83.4 years83.4CorseCorse: 83.4 years83.4Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 83.4 years83.4AragonAragon: 83.3 years83.3CantabriaCantabria: 83.3 years83.3Midi-PyrénéesMidi-Pyrénées: 83.2 years83.2GaliciaGalicia: 83.1 years83.1StockholmStockholm: 83.1 years83.1Castilla-La ManchaCastilla-La Mancha: 83 years83TirolTirol: 83 years83LiguriaLiguria: 82.9 years82.9Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 82.9 years82.9AquitaineAquitaine: 82.8 years82.8IpeirosIpeiros: 82.8 years82.8Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 82.8 years82.8PugliaPuglia: 82.8 years82.8SardegnaSardegna: 82.8 years82.8AbruzzoAbruzzo: 82.7 years82.7Balearic IslandsBalearic Islands: 82.7 years82.7PiemontePiemonte: 82.7 years82.7Prov. Limburg (BE)Prov. Limburg (BE): 82.7 years82.7Prov. Vlaams-BrabantProv. Vlaams-Brabant: 82.7 years82.7AlsaceAlsace: 82.6 years82.6AsturiasAsturias: 82.6 years82.6
years. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankRegions2017
years		Change on 2016
1Community of Madrid84.5-0.1
2Provincia Autonoma di Trento84.3+0.2
3Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen84+0.3
4Castile and León83.90
4Navarre83.9+0.1
6Ile-de-France83.8+0.1
7Åland83.7+2.7
7La Rioja83.7-0.2
7Umbria83.7-0.1
10Basque Country83.6+0.1
10Veneto83.60
12Emilia-Romagna83.50
12Lombardia83.5-0.1
12Marche83.5-0.3
12Rhône-Alpes83.50
12Toscana83.5-0.2
17Catalonia83.4-0.1
17Corse83.4+0.4
17Friuli-Venezia Giulia83.4+0.2
20Aragon83.3-0.1
20Cantabria83.3+0.1
22Midi-Pyrénées83.2-0.1
23Galicia83.1+0.4
23Stockholm83.1+0.2
25Castilla-La Mancha83-0.3
25Tirol83+0.5
27Liguria82.9-0.3
27Pays de la Loire82.9+0.1
29Aquitaine82.8-0.2
29Ipeiros82.8+0.2
29Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur82.80
29Puglia82.8-0.3
29Sardegna82.8-0.1
34Abruzzo82.7-0.5
34Balearic Islands82.7-0.2
34Piemonte82.7-0.2
34Prov. Limburg (BE)82.7+0.2
34Prov. Vlaams-Brabant82.7+0.1
39Alsace82.60
39Asturias82.6+0.2
39Languedoc-Roussillon82.6+0.2
39Lazio82.6-0.1
39Småland med öarna82.60
39Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste82.6-0.2
45Basilicata82.5-0.3
45Limousin82.5+0.4
45Molise82.5-0.5
45Poitou-Charentes82.5+0.2
45Valencian Community82.5-0.1
45Västsverige82.5+0.2
51Flevoland82.4+0.8
51Kýpros82.4-0.4
51Oberbayern82.4+0.1
51Region of Murcia82.4-0.1
51Sydsverige82.4+0.1
56Centre - Val de Loire82.30
56Extremadura82.3-0.1
56Franche-Comté82.3+0.1
56Northern and Western82.3+0.6
56Östra Mellansverige82.30
56Salzburg82.3-0.2
62Basse-Normandie82.2+0.2
62Canary Islands82.2+0.1
62Vorarlberg82.2-0.2
65Auvergne82.1+0.1
65Eastern and Midland82.1+0.1
65Martinique82.1+0.4
65Norte82.1+0.3
65Prov. Antwerpen82.1+0.1
65Prov. West-Vlaanderen82.1-0.2
65Stuttgart82.1+0.1
65Tübingen82.1+0.1
65Utrecht82.1+0.2
74Bretagne82+0.3
74Calabria82-0.5
74Centro (PT)82+0.1
74Freiburg82+0.2
74Guadeloupe82+0.8
74Helsinki-Uusimaa82+0.2
74Malta82-0.1
74Norra Mellansverige82+0.3
74Prov. Brabant wallon82-0.2
74Zahodna Slovenija82-0.2
74Zeeland82+0.1
85Grande Lisboa81.9+0.3
85Noord-Holland81.9+0.4
85Notio Aigaio81.9+0.4
85Oberösterreich81.9-0.2
85Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen81.9+0.1
85Zuid-Holland81.9+0.2
91Andalusia81.8-0.1
91Bourgogne81.8-0.2
91Kärnten81.8+0.2
91Luxembourg Series break81.8-0.5
91Övre Norrland81.8+0.1
91Schwaben81.8+0.1
97Darmstadt81.70
97Dytiki Makedonia81.7+0.7
97Gelderland81.70
97Kriti81.7-0.3
97Länsi-Suomi81.7+0.2
97Steiermark81.7-0.2
103Friesland (NL)81.6+0.3
103Lorraine81.6+0.2
103Midtjylland81.6+0.2
103Noord-Brabant81.6+0.2
103Peloponnisos81.6-0.3
103Sicilia81.6-0.4
103Southern81.6+0.7
103Unterfranken81.60
111Dresden81.5+0.1
111Dytiki Elláda81.5+0.3
111Karlsruhe81.5+0.1
111Niederösterreich81.5+0.3
111Overijssel81.5+0.1
111Sterea Elláda81.5+0.3
117Burgenland81.4+0.1
117Haute-Normandie81.4+0.1
117Mellersta Norrland81.4-0.3
117Oeste e Vale do Tejo81.4+0.4
121Champagne-Ardenne81.3+0.1
121Etelä-Suomi81.3+0.2
121Limburg (NL)81.30
121Voreio Aigaio81.3-0.3
125Drenthe81.2-0.2
125Ionia Nisia81.2-0.3
125Nordjylland81.2+0.7
125Syddanmark81.2+0.1
125Thessalia81.20
130Campania81.1-0.2
130Detmold81.1+0.1
130Köln81.1+0.1
130La Réunion81.1+0.4
130Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest81.1-0.1
135Berlin81+0.3
135Hamburg810
135Hovedstaden81+0.2
135Kassel81+0.1
135Mittelfranken81+0.1
135Rheinhessen-Pfalz81-0.2
135Trier81-0.1
142Oberpfalz80.9+0.1
142Península de Setúbal80.9+0.3
142Picardie80.9+0.1
142Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi80.9+0.1
146Alentejo80.8+0.1
146Chemnitz80.8+0.1
146Groningen80.80
146Kentriki Makedonia80.8+0.3
146Niederbayern80.8-0.1
146Wien80.8+0.1
152Algarve80.7+0.1
152Attiki80.70
152Münster80.7+0.2
152Praha80.7+0.3
152Schleswig-Holstein80.7+0.2
157Gießen80.6-0.4
157Hannover80.6-0.1
157Koblenz80.6+0.1
157Leipzig80.60
157Lüneburg80.6+0.1
157Weser-Ems80.6+0.2
163Brandenburg80.5+0.1
163Melilla80.5-0.1
163Nord-Pas de Calais80.5+0.2
163Oberfranken80.50
167Braunschweig80.4+0.4
168Düsseldorf80.3+0.1
169Mecklenburg-Vorpommern80.2+0.3
169Sjælland80.20
169Thüringen80.20
172Arnsberg80.1+0.3
172Prov. Luxembourg (BE)80.1+0.4
172Saarland80.10
172Vzhodna Slovenija80.1+0.1
176Bremen800
177Prov. Liège79.8-0.1
178Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki79.6-0.7
178Ceuta79.6-1.3
178Jihovýchod79.6-0.2
178Região Autónoma da Madeira79.6+0.6
182Guyane79.5-0.4
182Prov. Namur79.50
184Severovýchod79.40
185Prov. Hainaut79.3+0.6
185Sachsen-Anhalt79.3-0.3
187Grad Zagreb79.1-0.3
187Podkarpackie79.1+0.1
189Jihozápad79-0.1
189Střední Čechy79-0.1
189Warszawski stołeczny79-0.2
192Małopolskie78.9-0.1
193Região Autónoma dos Açores78.8+0.9
193Střední Morava78.80
195Jadranska Hrvatska78.7-0.4
196Bratislavský kraj78.6-0.2
197Podlaskie78.3+0.1
198Eesti78.2+0.4
198Pomorskie78.2+0.1
200Budapest77.9-0.1
201Wielkopolskie77.80
202Lubelskie77.7-0.3
202Moravskoslezsko77.7-0.2
202Świętokrzyskie77.70
205Kujawsko-pomorskie77.50
205Opolskie77.5-0.5
207Zachodniopomorskie77.40
208Dolnośląskie77.2-0.2
208Lubuskie77.2+0.1
208Západné Slovensko77.20
211Severozápad77.10
211Východné Slovensko77.10
213Sjeverna Hrvatska77-0.1
213Śląskie77-0.1
213Stredné Slovensko77+0.1
213Warmińsko-mazurskie77+0.1
217Bucureşti-Ilfov76.7+0.1
217Mazowiecki regionalny76.7-0.2
219Panonska Hrvatska76.60
220Nyugat-Dunántúl76.3-0.1
221Łódzkie76.2-0.1
222Pest76-0.4
222Sostinės regionas76+1
224Centru75.8+0.1
225Közép-Dunántúl75.7-0.2
225Yugozapaden75.70
227Dél-Dunántúl75.6-0.1
227Mayotte75.6-0.6
229Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas75.5+0.8
230Észak-Alföld75.4-0.1
230Sud-Vest Oltenia75.4-0.2
232Dél-Alföld75.3-0.5
233Nord-Vest75.1-0.1
233Sud-Muntenia75.1+0.1
235Yuzhen tsentralen75-0.1
236Latvija74.80
237Vest74.7-0.3
238Sud-Est74.6+0.3
239Nord-Est74.40
240Észak-Magyarország74.3-0.2
240Severoiztochen74.3-0.1
242Yugoiztochen74-0.1
243Severen tsentralen73.9-0.2
244Severozapaden73.2+0.2

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About this ranking

Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.

United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Life expectancy by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_mlifexp). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_mlifexp/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Which region has the highest life expectancy?

Community of Madrid, with 84.5 years in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest life expectancy?

Severozapaden, with 73.2 years in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Life expectancy by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_mlifexp). Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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