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Life expectancy at birth / Sweden
Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current death rates continue (both sexes).
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Life expectancy at birth in Sweden was 83.8 years (2024).
0.72 %
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_mlexpec, processed by SwedenMetrics.
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · 2024
81.5 years
Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_mlexpec, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current death rates continue (both sexes).
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Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_mlexpec, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | years |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 83.8 |
| 2023 | 83.2 |
| 2022 | 83 |
| 2021 | 83 |
| 2020 | 82.4 |
| 2019 | 83.1 |
| 2018 | 82.5 |
| 2017 | 82.4 |
| 2016 | 82.3 |
| 2015 | 82.2 |
| 2014 | 82.2 |
| 2013 | 82 |
Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_mlexpec, processed by SwedenMetrics.