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Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 81.8 81.4 78.9 (p) Provisional value
Women 86.9 86.5 84.1 (p) Provisional value
Total 84.4 84.0 81.5 (p) Provisional value
Units: Years.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 03.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: March 2, 2026.

CMORT

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Cause of Death (CMORT).

Methodological note

Life expectancy at birth is defined as the mean number of years that a new-born child can expect to live if subjected throughout his life to the current mortality conditions (age specific probabilities of dying).

See also