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EU regions (NUTS 2) by life expectancy

Community of Madrid had the highest life expectancy of 244 regions in 2018, at 84.9 years. Severozapaden had the lowest, at 73.3 years. The median was 81.4 years and the figure for the European Union (27) was 80.8 years. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest84.9Community of Madrid
Lowest73.3Severozapaden
Median81.4244 regions
European Union (27)80.8History

Top 40 regions, 2018

CSVChart (SVG)

Community of MadridCommunity of Madrid: 84.9 years84.9Provincia Autonoma di TrentoProvincia Autonoma di Trento: 84.4 years84.4NavarreNavarre: 84.2 years84.2MarcheMarche: 84.1 years84.1UmbriaUmbria: 84.1 years84.1Castile and LeónCastile and León: 84 years84Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 84 years84Ile-de-FranceIle-de-France: 83.9 years83.9Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna: 83.8 years83.8Rhône-AlpesRhône-Alpes: 83.8 years83.8ToscanaToscana: 83.8 years83.8VenetoVeneto: 83.8 years83.8Basque CountryBasque Country: 83.7 years83.7CorseCorse: 83.7 years83.7La RiojaLa Rioja: 83.7 years83.7LombardiaLombardia: 83.7 years83.7AragonAragon: 83.5 years83.5Castilla-La ManchaCastilla-La Mancha: 83.5 years83.5CantabriaCantabria: 83.4 years83.4CataloniaCatalonia: 83.4 years83.4Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 83.4 years83.4Midi-PyrénéesMidi-Pyrénées: 83.4 years83.4SardegnaSardegna: 83.3 years83.3AbruzzoAbruzzo: 83.2 years83.2LazioLazio: 83.2 years83.2PugliaPuglia: 83.2 years83.2ÅlandÅland: 83.1 years83.1AquitaineAquitaine: 83.1 years83.1GaliciaGalicia: 83.1 years83.1Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 83.1 years83.1Balearic IslandsBalearic Islands: 83 years83KýprosKýpros: 83 years83MoliseMolise: 83 years83Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 83 years83StockholmStockholm: 83 years83BasilicataBasilicata: 82.8 years82.8LiguriaLiguria: 82.8 years82.8PiemontePiemonte: 82.8 years82.8TirolTirol: 82.8 years82.8AsturiasAsturias: 82.7 years82.7
years. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankRegions2018
years		Change on 2017
1Community of Madrid84.9+0.4
2Provincia Autonoma di Trento84.4+0.1
3Navarre84.2+0.3
4Marche84.1+0.6
4Umbria84.1+0.4
6Castile and León84+0.1
6Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen840
8Ile-de-France83.9+0.1
9Emilia-Romagna83.8+0.3
9Rhône-Alpes83.8+0.3
9Toscana83.8+0.3
9Veneto83.8+0.2
13Basque Country83.7+0.1
13Corse83.7+0.3
13La Rioja83.70
13Lombardia83.7+0.2
17Aragon83.5+0.2
17Castilla-La Mancha83.5+0.5
19Cantabria83.4+0.1
19Catalonia83.40
19Friuli-Venezia Giulia83.40
19Midi-Pyrénées83.4+0.2
23Sardegna83.3+0.5
24Abruzzo83.2+0.5
24Lazio83.2+0.6
24Puglia83.2+0.4
27Åland83.1-0.6
27Aquitaine83.1+0.3
27Galicia83.10
27Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur83.1+0.3
31Balearic Islands83+0.3
31Kýpros83+0.6
31Molise83+0.5
31Pays de la Loire83+0.1
31Stockholm83-0.1
36Basilicata82.8+0.3
36Liguria82.8-0.1
36Piemonte82.8+0.1
36Tirol82.8-0.2
40Asturias82.7+0.1
40Ipeiros82.7-0.1
40Prov. Limburg (BE)82.70
40Prov. Vlaams-Brabant82.70
40Region of Murcia82.7+0.3
40Salzburg82.7+0.4
40Småland med öarna82.7+0.1
40Vorarlberg82.7+0.5
48Calabria82.6+0.6
48Extremadura82.6+0.3
48Oberbayern82.6+0.2
48Valencian Community82.6+0.1
48Västsverige82.6+0.1
53Kriti82.5+0.8
53Östra Mellansverige82.5+0.2
53Poitou-Charentes82.50
53Prov. Brabant wallon82.5+0.5
53Sydsverige82.5+0.1
58Alsace82.4-0.2
58Centre - Val de Loire82.4+0.1
58Dytiki Makedonia82.4+0.7
58Languedoc-Roussillon82.4-0.2
58Northern and Western82.4+0.1
58Tübingen82.4+0.3
58Voreio Aigaio82.4+1.1
65Auvergne82.3+0.2
65Centro (PT)82.3+0.3
65Prov. Antwerpen82.3+0.2
65Prov. West-Vlaanderen82.3+0.2
65Zahodna Slovenija82.3+0.3
70Eastern and Midland82.2+0.1
70Franche-Comté82.2-0.1
70Helsinki-Uusimaa82.2+0.2
70Limousin82.2-0.3
70Utrecht82.2+0.1
75Basse-Normandie82.1-0.1
75Bourgogne82.1+0.3
75Freiburg82.1+0.1
75Luxembourg82.1+0.3
75Malta82.1+0.1
75Martinique82.10
75Norra Mellansverige82.1+0.1
75Norte82.10
75Oberösterreich82.1+0.2
75Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen82.1+0.2
75Steiermark82.1+0.4
75Stuttgart82.10
75Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste82.1-0.5
75Zeeland82.1+0.1
89Bretagne820
89Mellersta Norrland82+0.6
89Noord-Holland82+0.1
89Notio Aigaio82+0.1
89Schwaben82+0.2
89Sicilia82+0.4
95Canary Islands81.9-0.3
95Thessalia81.9+0.7
97Andalusia81.80
97Dytiki Elláda81.8+0.3
97Länsi-Suomi81.8+0.1
97Zuid-Holland81.8-0.1
101Darmstadt81.70
101Flevoland81.7-0.7
101Gelderland81.70
101Lorraine81.7+0.1
101Noord-Brabant81.7+0.1
101Peloponnisos81.7+0.1
101Sterea Elláda81.7+0.2
108Friesland (NL)81.60
108Grande Lisboa81.6-0.3
108Guadeloupe81.6-0.4
108Ionia Nisia81.6+0.4
108Karlsruhe81.6+0.1
108Limburg (NL)81.6+0.3
108Overijssel81.6+0.1
108Övre Norrland81.6-0.2
108Southern81.60
108Unterfranken81.60
118Campania81.5+0.4
118Drenthe81.5+0.3
118Kärnten81.5-0.3
118Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest81.5+0.4
122Burgenland81.40
122Dresden81.4-0.1
122Etelä-Suomi81.4+0.1
122Haute-Normandie81.40
122Niederösterreich81.4-0.1
127Champagne-Ardenne81.30
127Oeste e Vale do Tejo81.3-0.1
129Kentriki Makedonia81.2+0.4
129Midtjylland81.2-0.4
131Attiki81.1+0.4
131Detmold81.10
131Hovedstaden81.1+0.1
131Picardie81.1+0.2
131Syddanmark81.1-0.1
136Alentejo81+0.2
136Groningen81+0.2
136Guyane81+1.5
136Hamburg810
136Niederbayern81+0.2
136Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi81+0.1
142La Réunion80.9-0.2
142Mittelfranken80.9-0.1
142Oberpfalz80.90
142Rheinhessen-Pfalz80.9-0.1
142Trier80.9-0.1
147Algarve80.8+0.1
147Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki80.8+1.2
147Ceuta80.8+1.2
147Gießen80.8+0.2
147Köln80.8-0.3
147Nordjylland80.8-0.4
147Península de Setúbal80.8-0.1
154Berlin80.7-0.3
154Kassel80.7-0.3
154Münster80.70
154Praha80.70
158Koblenz80.60
158Lüneburg80.60
158Oberfranken80.6+0.1
158Wien80.6-0.2
162Brandenburg80.50
162Chemnitz80.5-0.3
162Hannover80.5-0.1
162Leipzig80.5-0.1
162Melilla80.50
162Prov. Luxembourg (BE)80.5+0.4
168Nord-Pas de Calais80.4-0.1
168Schleswig-Holstein80.4-0.3
168Weser-Ems80.4-0.2
171Sjælland80.3+0.1
171Vzhodna Slovenija80.3+0.2
173Braunschweig80.2-0.2
173Düsseldorf80.2-0.1
173Thüringen80.20
176Arnsberg79.9-0.2
176Prov. Liège79.9+0.1
178Prov. Namur79.8+0.3
179Mecklenburg-Vorpommern79.7-0.5
180Bremen79.6-0.4
180Jihovýchod79.60
180Saarland79.6-0.5
183Região Autónoma da Madeira79.4-0.2
184Sachsen-Anhalt79.30
184Severovýchod79.3-0.1
186Grad Zagreb79.10
186Jadranska Hrvatska79.1+0.4
186Jihozápad79.1+0.1
186Podkarpackie79.10
190Prov. Hainaut79-0.3
190Střední Morava79+0.2
192Małopolskie78.90
192Střední Čechy78.9-0.1
192Warszawski stołeczny78.9-0.1
195Bratislavský kraj78.7+0.1
196Eesti78.4+0.2
197Região Autónoma dos Açores78.3-0.5
198Budapest78.1+0.2
198Podlaskie78.1-0.2
198Pomorskie78.1-0.1
201Moravskoslezsko77.9+0.2
202Opolskie77.8+0.3
203Lubelskie77.70
204Świętokrzyskie77.6-0.1
205Wielkopolskie77.5-0.3
206Západné Slovensko77.3+0.1
207Sjeverna Hrvatska77.2+0.2
207Zachodniopomorskie77.2-0.2
209Kujawsko-pomorskie77.1-0.4
209Severozápad77.10
209Východné Slovensko77.10
212Dolnośląskie77-0.2
212Śląskie770
212Stredné Slovensko770
215Bucureşti-Ilfov76.8+0.1
216Lubuskie76.7-0.5
216Panonska Hrvatska76.7+0.1
216Warmińsko-mazurskie76.7-0.3
219Mazowiecki regionalny76.6-0.1
220Nyugat-Dunántúl76.4+0.1
221Pest76.3+0.3
222Łódzkie76.20
223Dél-Alföld76.1+0.8
223Mayotte76.1+0.5
223Sud-Vest Oltenia76.1+0.7
226Sostinės regionas760
227Közép-Dunántúl75.8+0.1
227Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas75.8+0.3
227Yugozapaden75.8+0.1
230Centru75.7-0.1
230Dél-Dunántúl75.7+0.1
232Vest75.4+0.7
233Észak-Alföld75.3-0.1
233Sud-Muntenia75.3+0.2
235Yuzhen tsentralen75.2+0.2
236Nord-Vest75.10
237Latvija75+0.2
238Sud-Est74.4-0.2
239Észak-Magyarország74.30
240Severoiztochen74.2-0.1
241Nord-Est74-0.4
241Severen tsentralen74+0.1
241Yugoiztochen740
244Severozapaden73.3+0.1

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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 84.9 years in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest life expectancy?

Severozapaden, with 73.3 years in 2018.

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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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