The life expectancy at birth in the EU in 2022 was 80.6 years, down by 8.4 months from 2019 when EU life expectancy at birth reached 81.3 years (up 3.7 years compared with 2002). However, after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this indicator declined to 80.4 in 2020 and to 80.1 years in 2021. In 2022, life expectancy at birth in the EU rose slightly but did not reach the 2019 value, according to the latest data on life expectancy published by Eurostat.
The EU regions with the highest life expectancy at birth were Madrid, Spain (85.2 years), followed by Trento, Italy (84.4), Ile de France, France (84.1), and Stockholm, Sweden (84.0 years of age). The EU regions with the lowest life expectancy at birth were in Bulgaria (72.3 to 74.1 years, depending on the region) and in Hungary (74.1 years).
According to figures for 2021, Macedonians can expect to live an average of 73.2 years. Life expectancy for women is 75.5, and for men 71.1 years of age.
