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Europe & Central Asia
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Within the “Europe & Central Asia” group, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024 at 86.50 years, while Turkmenistan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 70.20 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.021.643.264.986.5MonacoMonaco: 86.50 years86.5San MarinoSan Marino: 85.82 years85.8SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 84.41 years84.4LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 84.20 years84.2AndorraAndorra: 84.19 years84.2SwedenSweden: 84.06 years84.1ItalyItaly: 83.95 years84.0SpainSpain: 83.89 years83.9GibraltarGibraltar: 83.63 years83.6LuxembourgLuxembourg: 83.20 years83.2NorwayNorway: 83.16 years83.2Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 83.08 years83.1

Country table

#CountryValue
51 Belarus 74.37 years
52 Russian Federation 73.44 years
53 Uzbekistan 72.53 years
54 Kyrgyz Republic 72.40 years
55 Tajikistan 71.93 years
56 Moldova 71.33 years
57 Greenland 70.27 years
58 Turkmenistan 70.20 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Europe & Central Asia group for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, Monaco leads with a gap of 0.68 years to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 58 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Turkmenistan at 70.20 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.