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EU regions (NUTS 2) by life expectancy

Community of Madrid had the highest life expectancy of 244 regions in 2019, at 85.1 years. Severozapaden had the lowest, at 73.5 years. The median was 81.6 years and the figure for the European Union (27) was 81.1 years. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest85.1Community of Madrid
Lowest73.5Severozapaden
Median81.6244 regions
European Union (27)81.1History

Top 40 regions, 2019

CSVChart (SVG)

Community of MadridCommunity of Madrid: 85.1 years85.1NavarreNavarre: 84.6 years84.6Provincia Autonoma di TrentoProvincia Autonoma di Trento: 84.6 years84.6Castile and LeónCastile and León: 84.3 years84.3MarcheMarche: 84.3 years84.3UmbriaUmbria: 84.3 years84.3Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 84.2 years84.2Ile-de-FranceIle-de-France: 84.1 years84.1AragonAragon: 84 years84Basque CountryBasque Country: 84 years84ToscanaToscana: 84 years84VenetoVeneto: 84 years84CataloniaCatalonia: 83.9 years83.9La RiojaLa Rioja: 83.9 years83.9LombardiaLombardia: 83.9 years83.9Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna: 83.8 years83.8Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 83.8 years83.8StockholmStockholm: 83.8 years83.8Rhône-AlpesRhône-Alpes: 83.7 years83.7ÅlandÅland: 83.6 years83.6CantabriaCantabria: 83.6 years83.6Castilla-La ManchaCastilla-La Mancha: 83.6 years83.6GaliciaGalicia: 83.6 years83.6AbruzzoAbruzzo: 83.5 years83.5Balearic IslandsBalearic Islands: 83.5 years83.5CorseCorse: 83.5 years83.5LazioLazio: 83.5 years83.5Midi-PyrénéesMidi-Pyrénées: 83.5 years83.5PugliaPuglia: 83.5 years83.5Småland med öarnaSmåland med öarna: 83.5 years83.5MoliseMolise: 83.4 years83.4Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’AosteValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 83.4 years83.4IpeirosIpeiros: 83.3 years83.3LiguriaLiguria: 83.3 years83.3SardegnaSardegna: 83.3 years83.3AquitaineAquitaine: 83.2 years83.2Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 83.2 years83.2Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 83.1 years83.1PiemontePiemonte: 83.1 years83.1AlsaceAlsace: 83 years83
years. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankRegions2019
years		Change on 2018
1Community of Madrid85.1+0.2
2Navarre84.6+0.4
2Provincia Autonoma di Trento84.6+0.2
4Castile and León84.3+0.3
4Marche84.3+0.2
4Umbria84.3+0.2
7Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen84.2+0.2
8Ile-de-France84.1+0.2
9Aragon84+0.5
9Basque Country84+0.3
9Toscana84+0.2
9Veneto84+0.2
13Catalonia83.9+0.5
13La Rioja83.9+0.2
13Lombardia83.9+0.2
16Emilia-Romagna83.80
16Friuli-Venezia Giulia83.8+0.4
16Stockholm83.8+0.8
19Rhône-Alpes83.7-0.1
20Åland83.6+0.5
20Cantabria83.6+0.2
20Castilla-La Mancha83.6+0.1
20Galicia83.6+0.5
24Abruzzo83.5+0.3
24Balearic Islands83.5+0.5
24Corse83.5-0.2
24Lazio83.5+0.3
24Midi-Pyrénées83.5+0.1
24Puglia83.5+0.3
24Småland med öarna83.5+0.8
31Molise83.4+0.4
31Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste83.4+1.3
33Ipeiros83.3+0.6
33Liguria83.3+0.5
33Sardegna83.30
36Aquitaine83.2+0.1
36Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur83.2+0.1
38Pays de la Loire83.1+0.1
38Piemonte83.1+0.3
40Alsace83+0.6
40Prov. Vlaams-Brabant83+0.3
40Sydsverige83+0.5
40Valencian Community83+0.4
40Västsverige83+0.4
40Vorarlberg83+0.3
46Asturias82.9+0.2
46Extremadura82.9+0.3
46Östra Mellansverige82.9+0.4
46Prov. Limburg (BE)82.9+0.2
46Prov. West-Vlaanderen82.9+0.6
51Basilicata82.80
51Languedoc-Roussillon82.8+0.4
51Tirol82.80
54Northern and Western82.7+0.3
54Oberbayern82.7+0.1
54Prov. Antwerpen82.7+0.4
54Prov. Brabant wallon82.7+0.2
54Region of Murcia82.70
54Salzburg82.70
60Calabria82.60
60Eastern and Midland82.6+0.4
60Kýpros82.6-0.4
60Norra Mellansverige82.6+0.5
60Utrecht82.6+0.4
65Canary Islands82.5+0.6
65Franche-Comté82.5+0.3
65Norte82.5+0.4
65Poitou-Charentes82.50
65Zeeland82.5+0.4
70Centre - Val de Loire82.40
70Centro (PT)82.4+0.1
70Luxembourg82.4+0.3
70Malta82.4+0.3
70Stuttgart82.4+0.3
70Zahodna Slovenija82.4+0.1
76Andalusia82.3+0.5
76Bretagne82.3+0.3
76Helsinki-Uusimaa82.3+0.1
76Noord-Holland82.3+0.3
76Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen82.3+0.2
76Tübingen82.3-0.1
82Auvergne82.2-0.1
82Basse-Normandie82.2+0.1
82Bourgogne82.2+0.1
82Flevoland82.2+0.5
82Freiburg82.2+0.1
82Länsi-Suomi82.2+0.4
82Oberösterreich82.2+0.1
82Sicilia82.2+0.2
82Southern82.2+0.6
82Voreio Aigaio82.2-0.2
92Grande Lisboa82.1+0.5
92Kärnten82.1+0.6
92Kriti82.1-0.4
92Limousin82.1-0.1
92Övre Norrland82.1+0.5
92Steiermark82.10
92Zuid-Holland82.1+0.3
99Darmstadt82+0.3
99Dytiki Makedonia82-0.4
99Gelderland82+0.3
99Mellersta Norrland820
99Noord-Brabant82+0.3
99Oeste e Vale do Tejo82+0.7
99Schwaben820
99Unterfranken82+0.4
107Campania81.9+0.4
107Friesland (NL)81.9+0.3
107Midtjylland81.9+0.7
110Burgenland81.8+0.4
110Drenthe81.8+0.3
110Lorraine81.8+0.1
110Martinique81.8-0.3
110Notio Aigaio81.8-0.2
110Overijssel81.8+0.2
110Peloponnisos81.8+0.1
117Dresden81.7+0.3
117Dytiki Elláda81.7-0.1
117Ionia Nisia81.7+0.1
117Karlsruhe81.7+0.1
117Thessalia81.7-0.2
122Limburg (NL)81.60
122Niederösterreich81.6+0.2
122Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest81.6+0.1
122Trier81.6+0.7
126Champagne-Ardenne81.5+0.2
126Etelä-Suomi81.5+0.1
126Haute-Normandie81.5+0.1
126Hovedstaden81.5+0.4
130Detmold81.4+0.3
130Hamburg81.4+0.4
130Niederbayern81.4+0.4
130Syddanmark81.4+0.3
134Berlin81.3+0.6
134Península de Setúbal81.3+0.5
134Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi81.3+0.3
134Sterea Elláda81.3-0.4
138Algarve81.2+0.4
138Groningen81.2+0.2
138Kassel81.2+0.5
138Köln81.2+0.4
138Mittelfranken81.2+0.3
138Nordjylland81.2+0.4
138Oberpfalz81.2+0.3
138Picardie81.2+0.1
138Rheinhessen-Pfalz81.2+0.3
147Attiki81.10
147Kentriki Makedonia81.1-0.1
147La Réunion81.1+0.2
147Oberfranken81.1+0.5
147Wien81.1+0.5
152Koblenz81+0.4
152Melilla81+0.5
152Münster81+0.3
155Brandenburg80.9+0.4
155Gießen80.9+0.1
155Guadeloupe80.9-0.7
155Hannover80.9+0.4
155Leipzig80.9+0.4
155Nord-Pas de Calais80.9+0.5
155Praha80.9+0.2
155Schleswig-Holstein80.9+0.5
155Weser-Ems80.9+0.5
164Lüneburg80.8+0.2
165Ceuta80.7-0.1
165Chemnitz80.7+0.2
165Sjælland80.7+0.4
168Thüringen80.6+0.4
169Alentejo80.5-0.5
169Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki80.5-0.3
169Braunschweig80.5+0.3
169Bremen80.5+0.9
169Düsseldorf80.5+0.3
169Vzhodna Slovenija80.5+0.2
175Prov. Liège80.4+0.5
175Prov. Luxembourg (BE)80.4-0.1
177Arnsberg80.3+0.4
178Prov. Namur80.2+0.4
179Mecklenburg-Vorpommern80.1+0.4
179Saarland80.1+0.5
181Guyane80-1
182Sachsen-Anhalt79.9+0.6
183Jihovýchod79.8+0.2
184Severovýchod79.6+0.3
185Prov. Hainaut79.5+0.5
185Região Autónoma da Madeira79.5+0.1
187Jadranska Hrvatska79.4+0.3
187Jihozápad79.4+0.3
189Grad Zagreb79.3+0.2
189Střední Čechy79.3+0.4
189Warszawski stołeczny79.3+0.4
192Bratislavský kraj79.2+0.5
192Střední Morava79.2+0.2
194Podkarpackie79.10
194Região Autónoma dos Açores79.1+0.8
196Małopolskie79+0.1
197Eesti78.8+0.4
198Podlaskie78.5+0.4
199Budapest78.3+0.2
199Pomorskie78.3+0.2
201Lubelskie78.1+0.4
202Opolskie78+0.2
202Wielkopolskie78+0.5
202Západné Slovensko78+0.7
205Moravskoslezsko77.90
205Świętokrzyskie77.9+0.3
207Sjeverna Hrvatska77.8+0.6
208Severozápad77.6+0.5
209Východné Slovensko77.5+0.4
210Dolnośląskie77.4+0.4
210Kujawsko-pomorskie77.4+0.3
210Śląskie77.4+0.4
213Zachodniopomorskie77.3+0.1
214Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated77.2+0.4
215Stredné Slovensko77.1+0.1
216Nyugat-Dunántúl77+0.6
216Warmińsko-mazurskie77+0.3
218Mazowiecki regionalny76.9+0.3
219Łódzkie76.8+0.6
219Lubuskie76.8+0.1
221Panonska Hrvatska76.70
221Pest76.7+0.4
223Sostinės regionas76.5+0.5
224Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas76.3+0.5
225Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated76.2+0.1
226Dél-Alföld76.10
226Közép-Dunántúl76.1+0.3
228Centru Estimated76+0.3
228Yugozapaden76+0.2
230Dél-Dunántúl75.9+0.2
231Mayotte75.8-0.3
232Latvija75.7+0.7
233Nord-Vest Estimated75.6+0.5
233Vest Estimated75.6+0.2
235Sud-Muntenia Estimated75.4+0.1
236Észak-Alföld75.30
237Yuzhen tsentralen75.20
238Nord-Est Estimated74.6+0.6
239Észak-Magyarország74.4+0.1
239Severoiztochen74.4+0.2
241Sud-Est Estimated74.3-0.1
242Severen tsentralen74.1+0.1
243Yugoiztochen740
244Severozapaden73.5+0.2

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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 85.1 years in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest life expectancy?

Severozapaden, with 73.5 years in 2019.

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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