Spain
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#12out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

83.980.276.572.869.1196019922024Spain · 2024: 83.89 yearsSpain

Analytical takeaways

  • Spain records 83.89 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #12 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 69.11 years in 1960 to 83.89 years in 2024, a gain of 14.78 years.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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